Achievement 3 by @rosolo Task: Content Etiquette

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Content Etiquette

This are general rules and regulation one must follow, when writing on a community in steemit. This are guideline one must follow in order to write a work on steemit. Some etiquette and guideline in steemit are:

Commenting on people post.
No using spam Tag.
Plagiarism. etc

Plagiarism are one of the guideline found steemit. Plagiarism is the act of copying one else idea or work and taking them as your own.
Plagiarism is when you take a work that is not your authorship. This is usually seen in social media and platform. It is one of the common rule people failed to follow in steemit.

Type of plagiarism
Direct plagiarism
Mosaic plagiarism
Accidental plagiarism
Self plagiarism

Direct plagiarism: This is the delibrate act of copying someone's else work without adding any thing to the work. Then, after copying the work, you claimed it as your own. This is known as Direct or Complete plagiarism.

Mosaic plagiarism: This is the act of copying a work without changing the structure. This is done also in academic level, where one copied a word without changing it to his/her own work.

Accidental plagiarism: This is the act of lacking understanding about a work and giving wrong citation. This is when one misuse a source of a work.

Self-plagiarism: This is when an author uses his copywrite work in another work without attributing the previous work. In steemit, it can be case of when one use the same picture in a former post to another post.

How to avoid plagiarism

• We should try and develop our own style of work
• When copying, use the direct reference cite to describe, that is other person work
• We should try and use a plagiarism checker before we post
• We should use proper quote source when citing.

E.g of a cited work

Plagiarism is the representation of another author's language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions as one's own original work. In educational contexts, there are differing definitions of plagiarism depending on the institution. Plagiarism is considered a violation of academic integrity and a breach of journalistic ethics.
Cited source

"I have read and understood the Steemit Etiquette on Steemit Community and will do my best to embrace them" at the end of this task post.