Something that can end your readcash journey

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Hello ladies and gentlemen, happy Sunday to you all (it's probably no longer Sunday by the time you're reading this but happy Sunday all the same πŸ˜‰). Today's article will be talking about some of the things which some people may not know that can end their blogging journey, not only here but everywhere else on the internet (hive, blurt, or even personal blogging websites).

But before we go to the main event, let me give you a little back story to what brought about this topic. I was reading a friend's article earlier today and I quickly speed-read right through it and went to the comment section to drop my feedback. I came across another user in the comment section asking if the article was copied from somewhere else, to which my friend said yes.

I went through the article again and realized it was actually copied from somewhere else (over 80% of the article was copied) and I told my friend he should stop doing that hence he will get his account spammed by rusty. From the questions he asked me later on, I discovered he didn't actually know what he did was wrong and was heavily frowned upon on the internet. What he did ladies and gentlemen is what we call PLAGIARISM.

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What is plagiarism?

According to the University of Oxford,

Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgment.

To put it plainly, plagiarism is the same as stealing. I realized a lot of people don't actually know when or how they end up plagiarizing and I believe it's one of those things you need to know about so you don't end up unintentionally doing it and getting your account spammed in the process.

What are the things you need to watch out for?

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First of all, whenever you are doing an article based on research, always make sure you don't copy entire articles from another website and use them as your main content. Doing an article based on research simply means you already know a couple of things about that particular topic and you just needed a refresher to recall those things or you just need facts to support your articles.

DON'T write a research topic about a field you know completely nothing about. Only do this if you're very sure you have read and understood everything about that topic and you can explain it using your own words. Writing about a field you know nothing about simply means you're going to be copying a lot of things from somewhere else. There are no two ways about it, you can't give what you don't have.

If you are writing about a topic you're familiar with and you copied some sentences from another website, make sure to MENTION the source. Take for example this article you're reading right now, you can think of it as a research article but I am familiar with the topic (based on my personal experience and knowledge gained from years of research).

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Do you notice the part where I defined plagiarism? I did two things there. First, I put the copied definition in a quote block, and secondly, I mentioned the source which I got it from. Putting the copied text in a quote block shows it's not part of your work and you copied it from somewhere else, then you go ahead and add the source where you copied it from as well.

How do you make a quote block?

It's actually very easy in readcash to make a quote. Whenever you go to a new line in the text editor, a toolbar shows up which have various tools and the one you are looking for is something looking like a text message icon.

After placing the copied text in there, you can go out of the quote block by pressing the enter button twice. A shortcut you can use to quickly create a quote block is pressing the "greater than" sign (>) and then giving a little space before putting the copied content in there. I usually use shortcuts because it's faster for me.

The reason I mentioned that shortcut is that the users in hive might not be able to find the quote button but the same shortcut works over there (greater than sign >) and that's because Hive and readcash use the same text editor source; a programming language called markdown, and I like to believe the same is used in Blurt

Always make use of a quote block when copying things from somewhere else and then add the source which you copied it from. If you can't seem to use a quote block, then simple quotation marks ("") around the copied sentence are also good, you can also make it bold or use italics, just make it stand out from the rest of your contents.

Aside from keeping your account safe from the wrath of rusty, it's also a sign of respect and courtesy to the original owner of the work when you acknowledge them. It's not a good feeling when you see someone else using your work and they don't acknowledge you as the owner, you will probably get pissed off too if it happens to you.

Up next I will be talking about more things to look out for in plagiarism, plagiarism in images, ways to check for plagiarism and the tools you can use, and also some other tips and tricks to help you avoid plagiarism. All these will be tackled in the next and final part of this article, so stay tuned

To be continued...

Thanks for reading πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–

Sunday June 26, 2022

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2 years ago

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I detest plagiarism and one who engages in such. Many people just want free things and are not ready to put in the effort. Once I see you plagiarize, I warn you and if you don't change, then I move away and it means such a person won't last wherever he or she is.

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2 years ago

People will always look for shortcut and means to take advantage of a system, they are the lazy type that will want to reap where they didn't sow

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2 years ago

That's right we can't learn something if we always tend to claim others credit

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2 years ago

Yeah, that's the point

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2 years ago

Plagiarism is really a worst enemy in bligging not just in blogging but also in schools essays haha

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2 years ago

Yeah, it's a crime everywhere because it's the same as stealing

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2 years ago

me wey like to quote like sey my name na apostrophe. That why I like to write about personal experience, because writing research-based articles, it is very difficult to have originality.

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2 years ago

I'm telling you, you have to spend hours in trying to read, understand and then write your own perspective, I no get that time abeg πŸ˜†

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2 years ago

LMAO. Local man cannot can

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2 years ago

This plagiarism thing be like sin for blogging readcash even dey try HiVe .. them go just downvote you anyhow coke carry your reputation go -1

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2 years ago

Lmao πŸ˜‚ hive is a crazy place, those people no dey joke with plagiarism

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2 years ago

Omo na so I take loose my first account

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2 years ago

Nice one, I hope he quickly deleted the article. I hops newbies learn from this

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2 years ago

Yeah I hope so too

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2 years ago

Even not here in read cash plagiarism was never okay... I remember last year I was new in noise cash and there was a certain user who is always copying my postπŸ˜‚. After days, his account was spamπŸ˜‚

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2 years ago

πŸ˜‚ I have seen a lot of people that lost their account because they kept copying others, they tried to cheat the system and ended up spammed

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2 years ago

Great one Kushy, plagiarism is something that is not welcomed in any blogging sites. Hope we all learn from your post :)

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2 years ago

Some people end up getting spammed and they keep wondering what they did wrong, they have been plagiarizing and didn't know it's wrong

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2 years ago

That is sad but hope they get to read your post and learn from it.

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2 years ago

That's a helpful information Kush. This will really a big help to us all especially to the ones who just copied their articles from somewhere.

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2 years ago

Some people don't really know it's wrong, I hope they will realize how bad it is after reading this

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2 years ago

hard times for BCH this last 2 hours :(

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2 years ago

It truly is

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2 years ago

i think we can also say, according to, based on from whom, something like that. i think i haven't used the quote block yet.

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2 years ago

If you don't want to use the quote block, then you can use simple quotation marks (they are the same thing) but you should make sure to add the source where you copied from

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2 years ago

I remember a friend who got banned here because he transfer his article from other blogging site. All his articles vanished.

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2 years ago

It's a very serious issue on this platform as well as every other place on the internet. It has been a while Kelzy πŸ™ƒ

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2 years ago

Thanks kush, I hope this helps a lot of people.

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2 years ago

You're welcome bro

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2 years ago

Oh! that quote block means the words in it is a quote? Sometimes I am using it just to separate a very point in an article. It is still okay?

To be safe, keep away from copying articles from others.

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2 years ago

You can use quote block in any way you want (like to separate points in an article) but you have to remember to use it when you're using a copied text from some where else. If you don't want to use it, then simple quotation marks can be used too

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2 years ago

Ah okay.. thanks for that explanation

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2 years ago

In order to avoid the consequences it is better not to plagiarize.

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2 years ago

Exactly, just write your own articles and don't copy from somewhere else

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2 years ago

Thak you for the information I will remember this so that I would not be kick out in his platform,godbless

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2 years ago

Sticking to all the rules of plagiarism will keep you safe from getting banned

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2 years ago

That quote block is to acknowledge someone's statement? I thought it's for our works or own sentence πŸ˜….

This must be a big help for bloggers. Waiting for the next articles.

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2 years ago

πŸ˜† Quote blocks are used to differentiate someone's else work from yours, it turns out many people don't know its use

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2 years ago

Can we use it to quote us? Or its for others alone and the system will not know the difference...

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2 years ago

You can actually use it to quote yourself and this doesn't depend on the system. You don't have to usee quote blocks to show that you copied something from somewhere, you can also use quotation marks ""

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