But when this author is someone I trusted, someone I've known for a long time, someone who tried to sneak behind my back and cover information that would undoubtedly reach me one way or another, someone who had the nerve to plagiarize word-for-word even though she knew better... seriously, it's unfair both to me and to you.
This isn't MY site, I've never considered it so. This is OUR site, and if you become a member and freely abuse OUR site then you leave ME no choice but to take action.
No. You have no say. Not when it's ridiculously obvious that the story is not your own.
Her account has been deleted, both the plagiarized story and a second story that - no, I don't care IF it was her own work. You are not welcomed here if you have no respect for another authors hard work and talent. I don't care if this author story is on NF or not. If it's plagiarized, it's plagiarized! End of discussion.
Because of this, I now have a ZERO TOLERANCE attitude. And if this message reminds you of a previous public plagiarism outing from LESS THAN two years ago - then good! If you don't like it then take your stories to another website.
I'm looking out for what's best for EVERYONE here and if that means I lose popularity points then fine....frankly my dear, I don't give a damn. People like this suck the fun out of this website and hurt the community and if you are supportive of these people then you too can take your stories elsewhere.
And what do I mean by being supportive? By not REPORTING them! I don't care how much you are enjoying said stories, as members you should feel responsible for taking care of this site. For those of you that HAVE reported... I thank you, a million times over. I would never reveal the identity of any reader or member who reports a story or author - if that's what keeps you quiet.
Excuse the long rant, but this needed to be said.
--Vikki on Jan 22, 2010 02:44 pm 13 Comments
Oh geez. Again? That's kind of sad. But anyway thanks for putting it out there and letting everyone know. At least, it should be an eye opener to how wrong that stuff is.
Or, if you intend to use someone else's work or ideas you should do it in your own words and site the sources and parts you used and give the person credit for it so people will know it's not originally yours.
I emailed you babe, but I wanted to add as a long-time reader at NF that I love you and appreciate everything you do for us.
Its very sad because I realize who this person is. I was on AIM with her the day before when she shared with me that someone's accusing her of plagarising and how offended she felt. She even made a remark about it on her Twitter page. Now I can't find her story or her author page so this confirms it.
I am so shocked but I would have reported it too.
