Topic: Is this a copy/paster? (Read 434 times)

If you reported it with the report to moderator button and you have at least 300 good reports, you can check your report if it has been checked by a moderator or not. If it's unhandled, but the other reports you made after are already processed, you can see that moderators are thinking / checking for things about that post.
If you just made a post in the copypaste topic, maybe mods need more time to deal with it.

The user was unbanned since he had added the original source in his post, https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ban-appeal-from-a-member-vphasitha01-4805466

As far as I know users who spun articles are also dealt swifty and permabanned, they're worse than the copy/pasters, trying to conceal. I usually report them as "text spinning" and do verify such posts using spinbot, "text spinning/verified using spinbot".

If we report these posts, will they be deleted and the user eventually banned? I reported a user the other day that spun an article and posted it here as his own, but I have yet to see any action against the user or the post.

I know that plagiarists are swiftly dealt with, but what about article spinners? How should we report them?

You can check this topic too:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/smart-copypasters-what-to-do-with-them-3962537
It seems that it's not enough now to change a few words in a sentence for the spammers, they need to replace (mostly) all of the words with synonyms, in order to escape the report in the copypaster topic....
We would really need a kind of AI to check the spammy posts in the forum, but I hope that the reporting badge will also help...

You can get paid by posting here, what did you expect? ban them all but they will come back again if jr members are mostly the ones doing this then we should consider banning them from wearing any signatures.

coppy pating post just ony use somthing color and front  syatem
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.42637240
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.42715076
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.42174175

Yes, this deserves a ban. As @mdayonliner, they used article spinner. This tools are mainly used by shady SEO guys, to plagiarize content because Google loves to give link juices for unique contents. However, looks like spammers is exploiting this tools and using it here. Those spammers are really evolving as well, not only they used homographs, but now are spinning someone's post, this is still  plagiarism though. Nice catch.

He sent merit to these two users that probably should be looked into:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/roll-on-1037934     roll on     June 20, 2017
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/bakugan-1098098     Bakugan August 07, 2017,

Those two have sent a lot out as well:

Merit summary for Bakugan

Merit: 28
Sent in the last 120 days

    July 29, 2018, 12:27:54 AM: 2 to Polar91 for LOCAL [ANN] Mfun - ⚡⚡ Disrupting the Digital Economy ⚡⚡
    May 20, 2018, 12:40:42 PM: 2 to Henry Sy for Re: Why people sell bitcoins?
    May 20, 2018, 12:39:42 PM: 1 to Gramna for Re: Do you like bitcoin, what's your reason?
    May 18, 2018, 10:18:55 AM: 1 to Gummybear67 for Re: Is holding bitcoin Greedy?
    May 18, 2018, 10:18:21 AM: 2 to Liza Soberano for Re: So Bitcoin is better than Gold?
    April 09, 2018, 01:35:40 AM: 1 to Red Fire for Re: WILL BITCOIN BE USED BY ALMOST EVERYONE IN 2022?

Received in the last 120 days

    June 15, 2018, 04:53:00 AM: 2 from stephanirain for Re: Bitcoin is useless
    June 09, 2018, 04:04:24 AM: 2 from Gummybear67 for Re: Is It advisable to quit my present job for bitcoin?
    June 01, 2018, 03:29:50 AM: 2 from Gummybear67 for Re: Bitcoin is Freedom
    April 28, 2018, 10:21:00 AM: 2 from Lomberjack for Re: Do you keep buying?
    April 27, 2018, 05:43:28 AM: 2 from Gandam23 for Re: Is bitcoin a good way to invest your money ?
    April 23, 2018, 01:43:17 AM: 2 from adjudicator for Re: Being a Smart Person or Strategic
    April 21, 2018, 09:48:50 AM: 2 from bubble pop for Re: bitcoin benefit of saving for a long time?
    April 21, 2018, 09:19:11 AM: 2 from Kokoy for Re: Hotels accepting bitcoin
    April 09, 2018, 01:25:51 AM: 2 from android17 for Re: Bitcoin for Taxi


https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/polar91-947291     Polar91 January 25, 2017
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/henry-sy-1150955     Henry Sy September 13, 2017
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/gramna-1180246     Gramna October 01, 2017
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/gummybear67-1039083     Gummybear67 June 21, 2017
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/liza-soberano-1040237     Liza Soberano     June 22, 2017
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/red-fire-1100115     Red Fire August 08, 2017,
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/stephanirain-919012     stephanirain     November 13, 2016
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/lomberjack-976046     LomberjackMarch 29, 2017
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/gandam23-993175     Gandam23     April 30, 2017
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/adjudicator-1103418     adjudicator     August 11, 2017
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/kokoy-1121902     Kokoy August 24, 2017
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/android17-1096070     android17 August 05, 2017

All except one account registered in 2017. If you check the merit that those accounts have sent there's a lot of the same names that keep popping up. Looks to be some serious merit abuse here along with possibly copy and pasting.

The username Kokoy rings a bell from something. 

Merit summary for roll on

Merit: 100
Sent in the last 120 days

    June 02, 2018, 01:37:18 AM: 2 to empoy for Re: How did you first hear about bitcoin?
    June 01, 2018, 09:11:15 AM: 2 to android17 for Re: What impresses you the most about Bitcoin?
    June 01, 2018, 01:57:11 AM: 1 to Liza Soberano for Re: Mining on Mobile Phone
    May 31, 2018, 04:19:36 AM: 2 to Gummybear67 for Re: Will Ethereum eventually become an internet money?
    May 28, 2018, 03:17:52 AM: 2 to Gummybear67 for Re: What do you think about the people who don't like Bitcoin?
    May 27, 2018, 11:48:13 AM: 2 to oxidoreductase for Re: Is It advisable to quit my present job for bitcoin?
    May 27, 2018, 04:30:17 AM: 2 to lalunalaguna for Re: Is Bitcoin More Important Than Ethereum ?
    May 26, 2018, 03:52:52 PM: 2 to Rollex for Re: Is It advisable to quit my present job for bitcoin?
    May 25, 2018, 09:30:05 PM: 2 to Gagamboy for Re: Will bitcoin survive?
    May 24, 2018, 03:35:33 PM: 2 to Liza Soberano for Re: Mining on Mobile Phone
    May 23, 2018, 04:03:26 PM: 2 to Gummybear67 for Re: Bitcoin in the future
    May 21, 2018, 11:04:16 AM: 3 to Nhobita for Re: Is Bitcoin Volatility A Bad Thing?
    May 21, 2018, 03:40:50 AM: 2 to kukurikapu for Re: If i send my bitcoins to a wrong address, what happens?
    May 20, 2018, 12:30:37 PM: 1 to Henry Sy for Re: Being a Smart Person or Strategic
    May 20, 2018, 12:29:33 PM: 2 to Rollex for Re: is it risky to turn all my money to bitcoins?
    May 18, 2018, 10:04:49 AM: 2 to megatrix for Re: Do not invest in bitcoin if you don't know anything about it
    May 16, 2018, 06:48:16 AM: 2 to oxidoreductase for (Deleted/Off-limits/Ignored)
    May 15, 2018, 10:50:47 AM: 2 to inv_ker for Re: bitcoin sa pilipinas
    May 15, 2018, 10:49:08 AM: 2 to gokudera for Re: Am i late to buy bitcoin now ??
    May 10, 2018, 04:03:27 AM: 2 to Ad Baculum for Re: Bitcoin community is rising.
    May 06, 2018, 12:25:50 PM: 2 to solenn heussaff for Re: Reason why you should Buy bitcoin now
    May 05, 2018, 12:26:38 PM: 2 to insurgent for Re: Young people should go all in on bitcoin
    April 20, 2018, 08:56:42 AM: 3 to Star_Bucks for Re: Should Bitcoin even have a future?

Received in the last 120 days

    April 28, 2018, 10:59:41 AM: 2 from agentx44 for Re: Ate you going to spend or save you bitcoin?
    April 28, 2018, 10:57:04 AM: 1 from Gumpfire for Re: plan for the future with bitcoin
    April 28, 2018, 10:41:20 AM: 1 from Magkirap for Re: Why did I lose on trade ??
    April 28, 2018, 10:36:40 AM: 3 from Kersh768 for Re: Other sections for this forum?
    April 28, 2018, 10:28:00 AM: 3 from Bowly88 for Re: Investing money on bitcoin..!
    April 28, 2018, 10:22:47 AM: 2 from Lomberjack for Re: BItcoin end or destroy in this month??
    April 27, 2018, 06:00:02 AM: 2 from solenn heussaff for Re: Paano kung ang bitcoin ay bumaba ? Magpapatuloy Kapa rin ba ?
    April 27, 2018, 05:51:04 AM: 3 from Spontebob for roll on
    April 27, 2018, 05:42:42 AM: 3 from Gandam23 for Re: Bitcoin is instant way to get rich ?
    April 26, 2018, 11:46:43 AM: 2 from Predator25 for Re: Who here lives on crypto currency daily?
    April 26, 2018, 11:41:04 AM: 2 from tamarindbleu for Re: What are the most common uses of Bitcoin?
    April 26, 2018, 11:36:26 AM: 3 from Scavagers for Re: Bitcoin reduces unemployment
    April 26, 2018, 11:22:39 AM: 2 from Krispin47 for roll on
    April 26, 2018, 11:15:20 AM: 3 from sampalokmix for roll on
    April 26, 2018, 11:09:42 AM: 3 from assyla for Re: Being a Smart Person or Strategic
    April 26, 2018, 11:00:27 AM: 3 from unknown-user for Re: Do you think billionaires invest in BTC?
    April 23, 2018, 11:25:00 AM: 3 from JCO05 for Re: Good time to buy ETH now?
    April 23, 2018, 11:19:57 AM: 2 from Pepito Manaloto for Re: How to make money in cryptocurrencies?
    April 23, 2018, 10:08:29 AM: 3 from dobladi for Re: Do you save bitcoin for fun or for future purpose?
    April 23, 2018, 05:11:43 AM: 2 from devil jin for Re: What Is Your Bitcoin Dream?
    April 23, 2018, 05:04:50 AM: 3 from Sand King for Re: How to Make Money in Crypto
    April 23, 2018, 01:57:18 AM: 3 from Chooroz for Re: You should never trust banks
    April 23, 2018, 01:51:49 AM: 2 from Kurokonobasuke for Re: Nag dump ang bitcoin ngayon, tuloy tuloy na ba ang pagbagsak?
    April 23, 2018, 01:42:37 AM: 2 from adjudicator for Re: Newbie Welcome Thread
    April 21, 2018, 09:50:42 AM: 3 from icecream sandwich for Re: plan for the future with bitcoin
    April 21, 2018, 09:48:13 AM: 3 from bubble pop for Re: Hanggang san nyo tingin na bababa si bitcoin?
    April 21, 2018, 09:40:30 AM: 3 from Oppang Inamo for Re: Hanggang san nyo tingin na bababa si bitcoin?
    April 21, 2018, 09:06:43 AM: 3 from Apple Mac for Re: If Bitcoin had a stable price, would it still be as popular?
    April 20, 2018, 09:46:56 AM: 2 from Watashi Yamashita for Re: What wallets do you use?
    April 20, 2018, 09:43:57 AM: 2 from Jupeter for Re: bitcoin now slowly drop should i sell?
    April 20, 2018, 09:39:38 AM: 2 from zhopas for Re: Is this the time to buy Bitcoin
    April 20, 2018, 09:37:15 AM: 2 from Gondwanaland for Re: If Bitcoin had a stable price, would it still be as popular?
    April 20, 2018, 09:22:00 AM: 2 from P60 for Re: Invest in altcoin still worth?
    April 20, 2018, 09:12:33 AM: 2 from Specialforce for Re: Why use Bitcoins ?
    April 20, 2018, 09:11:11 AM: 2 from Wish 107.5 for Re: Why did I lose on trade ??
    April 20, 2018, 09:09:37 AM: 2 from Gladiator25 for Re: Day trade or Hodling
    April 20, 2018, 08:55:06 AM: 3 from joganuts for Re: BitCoin 20 Years From Now
    April 09, 2018, 01:08:28 AM: 1 from Yudai for Re: BitCoin 20 Years From Now

Not checked them all yet but the first received merit are all from uses registered days apart:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/agentx44-971414 agentx44     March 19, 2017
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/gumpfire-971955     Gumpfire     March 20, 2017
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/magkirap-962889 Magkirap March 01, 2017
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/kersh768-973462     Kersh768 March 23, 2017
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/bowly88-975077     Bowly88     March 27, 2017
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/lomberjack-976046     Lomberjack March 29, 2017

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The 2016 account stephanirain clearly is involved as they've merited all users that are found above:

Merit summary for stephanirain
Merit: 250

Sent in the last 120 days
July 23, 2018, 01:30:31 PM: 2 to Henry Sy for Re: Cryptocurrency is a trending topic all over the world?
July 17, 2018, 03:13:21 AM: 2 to Polar91 for LOCAL [ANN][ICO] KUBITX - Cryptocurrency Exchange & Trading Platform
July 08, 2018, 10:48:52 AM: 2 to android17 for Re: My small advice about crypto market
July 06, 2018, 12:30:48 PM: 2 to Henry Sy for Re: Why are you selling your altcoins so soon?
June 24, 2018, 03:20:42 AM: 2 to Polar91 for LOCAL [ANN]StealthCrypto - Quantum Mesh Network [BOUNTYHIVE]
June 15, 2018, 04:53:00 AM: 2 to Bakugan for Re: Bitcoin is useless
June 11, 2018, 06:23:49 AM: 1 to insurgent for Re: The dream of getting rich with bitcoins

Upon seeing your post I decided to Investigate this account and you are right this user is simply copy pasting and uses the maybe some of the tools above that was stated by  @mdayonliner. Great Catch tho. Here are some obvious proof of what this person has been doing plagiarism. This user deserves a perma ban.

Original Post:



From bubble pop:



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It seems that the user doesn't only used synonyms it has been also rephrasing some of the words or sentences.
This right here really annoys me a lot since the user copy one of the poster from the philippines and others might think that this idiot is a Filipino.
He even quoted the same reply from the original post.   
Original Post:

Bubble pop's post:

Article spinner  

The name itself is self explanatory. Let me find you a link few links.

https://spinbot.com/
https://free-article-spinner.com/
http://www.bestfreespinner.com/
https://seotoolstation.com/free-online-article-spinner
https://sujoydhar.in/rewriter/
https://smallseotools.com/article-rewriter/

I would say more than plagiarism and they deserve double ban LOL

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Let me play with spinning this:

Site: https://spinbot.com/
1st spin...

2nd spin...

Site: https://free-article-spinner.com/
1st spin...
Seems like same like the 2nd one of the first site...

2nd spin...

You can keep going on with these tools...

Thanks for the feedback
BTW... Seems like systematic abuse.. The first report was his very last post, this is the previous post he made... So at least the last 2 posts he created were plagiarised:
original: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.43180375

plagiarised but with synonyms: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.43186158

You are not crazy. There is a website that does this.

I'm on my phone rn, so if no one links it here, I'll get it and edit my post later.

Edit: here it is https://spinbot.com

Just a quick question... I noticed this user:  "bubble pop" (https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/bubble-pop-1114040)

He made this post: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.43323810

Directly above this post, user Direwolve735 made post https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.43323189

At first sight, these posts look nothing alike, but upon some investigation, it looks like Direwolve735's post was run trough a synonym tool... (Allmost) every word in Direwolve735's original post was replaced by a synonym... Or am i hallucinating? I collored the synonyms in equal colors, and the same words in bold.

I haven't dug trough this user's other posts, so no idear if this was a one-time thing, or if he's systematically doing this.

Here's the archive of the original thread's page: https://web.archive.org/web/20180802105308/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4750303.180;topicseen

Is this ban-worthy or am i just seeing things that aren't there...