RE: Why You Should Gain Followers NOW - A Guide For New Steemers Part 2
Good job @arsenal49!
I want you to make one small change in your text please...
Your 3rd last heading, should read: "DO Remember to create original content".
There is a very good reason for this and it is worthy of another post...
If you don't use original content...even if you've taken work that you created and posted on the net from another website or blog you can become marked as a plagiarist. Steemit has bots that crawl the web, constantly matching text and photos. Being labelled for plagerism is the quickest way to get flagged, downvoted and generally ostracized from the Steemit community. I have seen it ruin people in less than 24 hours who made this mistake. They can never really recover their reputation again and the consequences are devastating. :)
As a minnow, if I were to post a link to someones article and added original content to it, as in commenting on something in the article, etc.. Is that considered plagiarism ?
Great question @sighmanjestah!
If you are ever in doubt about the material you are sharing with someone or on a post, simple state your source. I got this link from: xyz or, this video was posted by: Xxy on Youtube and the date that it was uploaded.
Always site your source and you won't run into trouble. :)
Thanks for the info. As I read the posts of others I am seeing the trend of original content, with pics and then sources and further reading added at the end. No all I have to do is figure out the formatting. Currently researching .
Yes, lots of people will list all their sources at the end of their posts with simple links directly to them.