User blog comment:EmpyrealInvective/Plagiarism and You/@comment-25052433-20160207151051

File this under "things you'd hope you wouldn't actually have to explain to people" because that is what plagiarism is to me, something so stupid that it almost amazes me when it has to be explained as to why it's a bad thing.

I've had it happen to me, on other writing sites where I've found either entire stories ripped with no credit given, or pieces of stories taken and tried to pass off as original works. Usually I contact either the site's admin team or the "poster" himself and ask that they either credit me or remove the page.

Honestly I don't get it. It's like when you're in high school and you lie to your friends about having that girlfriend that lives "out of state." It might make you look okay for a second, but anyone who takes even a moment to look deeper finds out the truth, and then you end up looking all the more pathetic. We work hard on our stories and take a lot of pride in the work, and when someone comes along and steals it word for word and attempts to pass it off as their product, well, there is no silver lining in that shit cloud.

Good blog Emp, you make great points. It's just a shame that we still find ourselves in a position where we have to make them at all.