I'm gonna sound like a broken record now (don't ban me for self-plagiarism LOL) but I'm quite certain a lot of these "I NEED PROOF NOW!@@#!!!" demands are attempts to figure out how to avoid getting banned on their other account(s). So they might try to spin the words differently next time or something.
I used to think the spammers are just getting desperate for losing farmed accounts, knowing they'll never be able to earn them back. But if they're indeed trying to "improve" their shitposting plagiarism to avoid detection, we should stop providing them this information.On the other hand, there's a thread filled with examples already. And checking some of their older posts will be enough to bust the older copy/pasters.
I don't think they're smart enough to figure it out anyway so I'm not too concerned about it. Although this brings up a somewhat philosophical issue - when does copypasta become sufficiently mangled to be considered a unique piece of art?
Nah, I don't think it's that. They almost certainly know what they've done 99% of the time but are really hoping we don't and have made a mistake or at least can't provide them with proof. Until they see concrete evidence they're not gonna let their cash cow be culled and will kick and scream hoping that it'll be reinstated because they've certainly got nothing to lose. It's only natural I suppose. If you were called into the managers office and told you were fired for gross misconduct without a specific reason given wouldn't you want to know why? They're probably like criminals who get arrested for a crime but think there's no (or not enough) evidence on them to be charged, so they play dumb and smug because they think they've got away with it and will be released shortly. Then they get shown the CCTV with them committing the crime on it and are like ohshiiii - you got me.
Yeah it could be just my paranoia. But there was at least one who asked point blank how we found it.
