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This is plagiarized word for word from https://web.archive.org/web/20150210200039/http://kalihawlk.com/not-having-kids/ https://web.archive.org/web/201502102000

This is plagiarized word for word from https://web.archive.org/web/20150210200039/http://kalihawlk.com/not-having-kids/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150210200039/http://kalihawlk.... (original URL: http://kalihawlk.com/not-having-kids/ http://kalihawlk.com/not-having-kids/) For more on this plagiarism campaign, read https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40164077 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40164077 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40185250 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40185250

stefanos82 2y ago
MIND...BLOWN!!!
skilled 2y ago
There’s a visible increase in new accounts that are promoting clickbait titles and also using “Show HN” to promote products. Green accounts submitting projects with no explanation, with the domain name of the project having been registered prior to the HN submission. My best guess is that a foreign community wrote a guide on how to use HN for promotion, much like you would use Product Hunt or similar websites. I say foreign because I actually spent a few hours a couple of days ago looking into this. I spend a lot of time in /new and couldn’t help but notice this pattern. Many of the accounts doing this date back to a few years also, with blatant spam being their first submission for the last couple of years. It’s very obvious if you pay attention, but I am not sure it can be moderated outside of HN users themselves weeding it out.
- troydavis 2y ago
  The points you make are true, but all of the plagiarism I've commented about recently has been done by one person. It stretches across many Substack and Wordpress accounts. I imagine they have plagiarized plenty more posts that no one has spotted. I've held off on giving the perpetrator's full real name, but it seems like naming them in a standalone post is going to be necessary. For now, if you see submissions from user-generated content/blog sites, be very skeptical - even if the is dated years ago. This person often back-dates their stolen posts.
nkurz 2y ago
This makes me even more confused by the other post that was made by this account, asking why an earlier submission was flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40178265 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40178265 If you are a straight plagiarizer, it seems rather brazen to call attention to the flagging. Are you able to find an original for that one as well? I wasn't.
quickslowdown 2y ago
Troy I've seen you calling this plagiarist out in a couple of threads. Thanks for the work you're doing, and the receipts!
- troydavis 2y ago
  You’re welcome, and thanks for saying so. I wish it wasn’t needed.

stefanos82 2y ago

MIND...BLOWN!!!

skilled 2y ago

There’s a visible increase in new accounts that are promoting clickbait titles and also using “Show HN” to promote products. Green accounts submitting projects with no explanation, with the domain name of the project having been registered prior to the HN submission. My best guess is that a foreign community wrote a guide on how to use HN for promotion, much like you would use Product Hunt or similar websites. I say foreign because I actually spent a few hours a couple of days ago looking into this. I spend a lot of time in /new and couldn’t help but notice this pattern. Many of the accounts doing this date back to a few years also, with blatant spam being their first submission for the last couple of years. It’s very obvious if you pay attention, but I am not sure it can be moderated outside of HN users themselves weeding it out.

troydavis 2y ago
The points you make are true, but all of the plagiarism I've commented about recently has been done by one person. It stretches across many Substack and Wordpress accounts. I imagine they have plagiarized plenty more posts that no one has spotted. I've held off on giving the perpetrator's full real name, but it seems like naming them in a standalone post is going to be necessary. For now, if you see submissions from user-generated content/blog sites, be very skeptical - even if the is dated years ago. This person often back-dates their stolen posts.

nkurz 2y ago

This makes me even more confused by the other post that was made by this account, asking why an earlier submission was flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40178265 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40178265 If you are a straight plagiarizer, it seems rather brazen to call attention to the flagging. Are you able to find an original for that one as well? I wasn't.

quickslowdown 2y ago

Troy I've seen you calling this plagiarist out in a couple of threads. Thanks for the work you're doing, and the receipts!

troydavis 2y ago
You’re welcome, and thanks for saying so. I wish it wasn’t needed.