PLAGIARISM - an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author.
CURATORS - a person who selects content for presentation, as on a website.
AGGREGATOR - Digital Technology. a Web-based or installed application that aggregates related, frequently updated content from various Internet Sources and consolidates it in one place for viewing.
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I think the reality is that there is absolutely no way to keep this type of content off of Steemit. The solution would be to allow it in a format that would be acceptable to the four parties involved: The original source of the article or news, the poster on Steemit, the Curator, and the reader.
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Linked articles would be instantly identifiable as such when a reader or curator sees them. And then they can vote on the relevancy of the content rather than on the posters intentions.
Original content could then be voted on its originality, writing style, art, or whatever contribution it is making to the Steemit community.
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On the other hand it would also be serving as a rich source of original content.
I think Steemit can wear both hats extremely well, if the devs implement the proper code in future versions of the site.
My personal opinion is that I enjoy the occasional article that I may have missed on another site.
One lingering question might be should aggregator links receive the same compensation as original posts? If they don't then it would probably lead us back to the plagiarism, since people would try to select the original content option and go back to re-typing an entire article and not giving credit.
