Can ugly Christmas sweaters cause ugly people?
TL;DR version? No, but the chance to win money can cause ugly people.
As many of you may know, my wife, @uglysweater, recently hosted an Ugly Christmas Sweater contest. Well, today the winners were announced and prizes were distributed...But a problem arose. @fourfourfun did a quick reverse image search using tineye.com, only to find out that 1st and 2nd place winners were plagiarists with a decent knowledge of Photoshop. He brought this to my wife's attention, and sure enough - he was right.
Check it out:
Here is a screen shot of our TinEye.com search for @resteemyourpost's entry - 204 RESULTS!
See the search results -----> HERE
Here is a screen shot of our TinEye.com search for @educ.leb's entry - 32 RESULTS!
See the search results -----> HERE
I was astounded!
That being said, @cvmidwife has now become our 1st place winner and I have personally sent her the remaining 3 SBD. Not only that, but I sent a little reward to @marzi for the super adorable sweater that they entered. I also sent a small thank you to @fourfourfun for bringing this problem to our attention! (btw, I'm jealous of your sweater)
--Proof of transactions--
--Proof of dissatisfaction with original entries--
(flagged just enough to remove comment rewards without hurting rep score...because I'm pseudo-nice - But watch yourselves because you are now on @berniesanders' plagiarism radar. I assure you.)
With this being our first Steemit contest, we have learned a lot. From now on, any entries into future contests will be reverse image searched with TinEye.com!
You have been warned. ;)
Aww man that is too bad you had two cheaters in the contest :(
Congrats to the actual winners and yayyy for reverse search lol!
Merry Christmas!
Yeah, it sucks - but life goes on!
Thanks so much, and a merry Christmas to you!
Totally true, life goes on and hopefully this post will let others know it's just not cool or accepted!
Write your own stuff people and make your own ugly sweaters lol
For sure! :)
Oh and Merry Christmas to you too!
Thank You, I received it!! I am grateful and I really did have fun.
Merry Christmas :)
You bet! :D
I hope you have a wonderful holiday - Sorry for the confusion.
Yeah, it just was not in with the spirit of this place whatsoever. Props to everyone who stepped in on @cvmidwife ‘s part. Some great people on here.
It definitely isn't!
We were both sitting here reading comments and as soon as I saw that one, I knew something had to be done. Thanks again, man! You are awesome.
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to you too, from the person who is currently swamped in wrapping paper and not doing all the kids wrapping on Christmas Eve for once!
FYI - the sweater - I’ve been on Dark Bunny Tees since the early days when they were small enough to send out all their t-shirts in VHS cases!
Whooooaaa, that's crazy! I love it.
Nah... Not a smart move from participants. Such a simple and funny contests resulted in plagiarism challenge (
It sucks, for sure.
Sad reality to anything nice someone is doing. But really great that you sent the deserving winner the 3 SBD. Amazing work! Bless ya and Merry Christmas to you and the family.
Wish u a happy Christmas
Merry Christmas, @pardeepkumar!
Merry x mas
Merry Christmas, @spiritualpower!
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