Acheivement 3 || content ettiquette and plagiarism by @pius12

Hello great minds, greet you all wonderful people in this community, I'm glad my acheivement 2 has been verified which talks about steemit Security and now I will be writing the acheivement 3 post which deals with content ettiquette and plagiarism.

PLAGIARISM

Let's take a look at the definition of plagiarism

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Plagiarism is simply an act of showcasing Someones in your own work without their consent or knowledge.

TYPES OF PLAGIARISM

These are the type of plagiarism.

• Direct plagiarism
• Para-phrasive plagiarism
• Source-based plagiarism
• Complete plagiarism
• Self plagiarism

DIRECT PLAGIARISM: this is the type of plagiarism where one takes some part of someone's work and adds it to his or her own work.

PARA-PHRASIVE PLAGIARISM: this is an act where one makes slight changes from the original work.

SOURCE BASED PLAGIARISM: this is an act of taking contents/images from the internet with sourcing it.

COMPLETE PLAGIARISM: this is the worst type of plagiarism, copying the full work of another, word to word.

SELF PLAGIARISM: this is the type of plagiarism where one copies his or her old work without referencing it.

FACTORS THAT CAUSES PLAGIARISM

Major factors that causes plagiarism are

• ICT
• Academic work
• Regulations

ICT: this is a major factor, you can access data through the internet and the worst part of it is that, you can do this through common devices like phones and laptops making people prefer copying internet works instead of using main ideas.

ACADEMIC WORK: this is also a factor, we all know the academic field is full of pressure, so for students to meet up, they prefer doing plagiarism works rather than theirs.

REGULATIONS: it is also a factor due to the fact that there are no laid down laws concerning plagiarism.

STEEMIT AND PLAGIARISM

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Steemit is a social platform based on the steem block-chain, uses steem to reward it's user for their nice and quality content. Looking at the definition, it shows steemit as a body is against plagiarism and any user found doing plagiarism will muted.

HOW TO AVOID PLAGIARISM

• Citations
• Main ideas
• Reference

CITATIONS: always use citations on images or work taking from the internet

MAIN IDEAS: the best way to avoid plagiarism is by using your own ideas and points.

REFERENCE: always make references when using your old works or someone's work.

"I have read and understood the Steemit content etiquette and will surely abide by it"

Thank you all for going through my post and I must say that this acheivement tasks are very good because I have really learnt a lot going through all the acheivements.

Best regards to @cryptokannon