Falsely Accused By Cheetah Bot
Boy there is just no feeling like sitting down and writing an article from scratch, even playing a game for hours to come up with screenshots to fit the story. It leaves you with a great feeling of pride. The other stories in this series have been doing fairly well.
https://steemit.com/game/@olmech/fallout-4-miss-nordhagen-beach-first-round-eliminations
Well that all changed as soon as I posted last night. The cheetah popped up and informed me it had found similar content somewhere else. I thought to myself that was impossible. I knew what I had done and did not need a cheetah bot telling me otherwise. So, I followed the link cheetah provided to a word generator. Thats right...a word generator. This was cheetahs proof that I had done a bad, bad thing.
Now if I had cheated, I would own up to it...but I didn't. I worked for hours on that article only to get the kiss of death from cheetah and to be honest...I am pissed.
WHAT RECOURSE DO WE HAVE AS WRITERS WHEN WE ARE UNJUSTLY ACCUSED BY A BOT? I'm afraid the answer is nothing. Your work is constantly being surveyed by bots which are apparently left to run wild and collateral damage is acceptable. The bots are judge, jury and executioner.
I am sure that many of you feel I am making a mountain out of a molehill but give it time. One day you will pour hours into your work confident that it will do well and immediately after posting, cheetah dings you and links to a freaking word generator as proof of the deed.
Can't happen you say? Read my story and find anything in it about a word generator. Thank you for allowing me to vent my friends.
DEATH TO BOTS!!! OFF WITH THEIR HEADS.
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That sounds really rough, surely you could contact steemit support right?
I am afraid not. Just really mad right now. I am going to go cool off for a bit. Thank you for your reply @helpingothers
No problem..:(
You shouldn't worry much. Those who really care, will check the link and judge for themself. Bot is just a guideline.
Calm down, it's just a bot. It's not an accusation - it merely finds similar content, and sometimes gets it wrong. Cheetah actually upvotes you, so you don't lose anything. Please check out the FAQ here - https://steemit.com/steemit/@cheetah/faq-about-cheetah.
Get in touch with the good folks in #steemcleaners-public on Steemit.chat, they'll help whitelist you so Cheetah never bothers you again. All the best.
Thank you liberosist. Im just passionate and defensive about what I post. I put a lot of effort into making it work.