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RE: Why does Steemit encourage lifting off articles from web and pasting here?
it's about promoting great content, if you find something online worth sharing, then share it, and be rewarded, not rewarded for creating.
i think that its a valuable thing
creating original pieces is great too btw, don't get me wrong, but i think sharing good stuff is worth it.
for example theres a photographer i like, chris burkard, i shared some of his pictures, chris got publicity, i got upvotes, and other people got to learn about him and enjoy his photos
You did it, you referenced Chris Burkard - that is called - sharing and promoting. the other where you jut copy/paste without any attribution is called 'stealing', the difference in etiquette is minor but the effect major!
oh I understand, I think the plagiarism is very bad, but the cheetah I believe is designed to help eliminate plagiarism by giving credit to the original author.
my understanding is to name the source if i cite or take the whole article. If not something is wrong, but that's because Cheetahbot is so valuable for the community without any emotions it identifies third party content.