Why should writing sites have an upper hand and the writer should humbly accept accusations hurled against them?
When there is inter dependence there should be mutual respect. Many a writer has left the site because of arrogance on the part of a writing site that treats its community ruthlessly.
Bubblews is one glaring example. It so openly had its favourites and ignored the rest. Those who were diligent and tried to help the site were ignored and even insulted.
As they say even a fool can teach the learned. Just because a few make their presence felt and give the impression they are ‘know alls’ is no indication those that choose to keep a low profile are any less knowledgeable.
A writing site should therefore be vigilant at all times and pay attention to every member of the community when they want to have their say
I have known sites that delete posts just on the recommendation of the ‘know alls’ without giving an opportunity for a fair trial.
When a member is accused of plagiarising it is but fair that the link from where the matter has been copied should be provided to the ‘offender’ This is never done but a notification is sent to the member that their Blogs/post/comment have been deleted because they have found plagiarism. When no explanation is given doubts occur in the minds of the members concerned that there is more to it than meets the eye.
It is therefore but just that the site provides documentary proof that a post has been plagiarised.
Many a time a writer deletes an account and before doing that copies those posts from that site and reproduces them elsewhere. It is not their fault if Google is sleeping and taking its own time to delete such posts from their archives.
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So the blame is on Google? That makes no sense at all. A writer should know that it can take months if not years for their articles to be de-indexed from Google. Is that Google's fault? No. That is just how things work. Now a writer can ask Google to de-index their articles earlier but they are not obliged to do so. Why would anyone want to share the same article from one site onto another site? All material should be fresh and new. Even if it is just your blog.
On EliteWriters, for example, if someone claims an article is plagiarized the owner wants to see proof of such claim. The owner will then check to see the links if any is given and go from there. If an article is found to be indexed on another site then it can be deleted without any warning. That is why it's good to read the rules before a person gets started on any site.
When sites do not pay and the account there is deleted those sites where those Blogs are reposted could check. Barring the title the article does not show on the net. That much patience site owners should have.
The write of this article says right that posts are deleted by saying plagiarism giving no proof of plagiarism to the writer. It is not a good thing for the writer. I give my example, I posted my own written Sonnet and Ode but I was told that is is plagiarism. I request my humble readers that anyone can write my name in Google (jhsayyar) and find mind Urdu and English block on which I have written 463 Sonnets, 53 Odes and couple of hundred articles written on cricket matches prediction and songs how my own poetry may be plagiarism?
The writer is the backbone of a writing site and when accusations are hurled documentation is necessary
Bubblews is the worst writing site. They had practiced discrimination. They owed be big time. The way of prioritizing who will be paid first, second, third, etc. is a sign of discriminating the members. They can just simply broadcast that the site is dying. That would be more acceptable. At the end, they didn't pay a lot of members.
In terms of plagiarism issue, then they should have a software or manpower to check all the compositions posted. I felt bad about this site. The members trusted them, but never dare to trust its members. In my own opinion, the culprit is mismanagement.
The site owners forget that it is the writers that sustains them. And they have to respect writers that they fully deserve.
Many sites do have plagiarism checker. Thee is a separate software also. It scans every article and co relates the source of the text of it is plagiarized. I do not know why these social blogging sites are not entertaining them. They need some additional staff also for this job as you said.
But one thing is acceptable that plagiarism is not advisable under any circumstances. If some sites show discrimination in the payment like 1st, 2nd, and 3rd it is left to their own conscience. They definitely one day or the other will be paid in the same coin as happened to Bubnlews. The site is no more now.
I think writing sites ought to invest a bit in persons who sometimes randomly check posts for duplicated content apart from checker softwares.
At times, huge volumes of posts or articles can present issues but then keeping users happy should be the topmost priority.
Excellent post. As indicated, Bub had it's pets. These pets were the Shills who brought in warm bodies. These pets would race from site to site shouting; "I always got paid!"
Hubpages suffers the kind of 'pet' situation in which other 'writers' will mark down your work so that it is 'unfeatured'. This prevents you from earning revenue and allows them to write an almost plagiarised version of your work.
Where writing sites abuse their writers, by not paying, low paying, long moderation periods, the writer will contribute elsewhere, which, of course creates the cycle of decline.