Are Reviews Still Checked for Plagiarism?

Harderlap
New Mexico
Are reviews checked for plagiarism? I think that they used to be. The reason I ask is that a recent review lifted three sentences directly from my review of the same club. It is fairly obvious as my review predates the review in question and appears directly below the one that uses my material. The borrowed sentences make up about a quarter of the review in question. I appreciate that someone thinks enough of my review to use parts of it for their own, but if they are going to do that, I would like the attribution.

I realize that this is not academia, but original material should have some value even here, particularly if others are basing decisions that impact how much they spend and how good a time they have.

I have no illusions that my reviews are anything special, but if someone wants to borrow from them, I wish they would admit that up front, introducing the borrowed material with “As Harderlap says...” and enclosing the borrowed material in quotes. And, preferably adding a lot more detailed information about their own visit.

Or am I being too touchy?

9 comments

  • shadowcat
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    6 years ago
    Since it is the members that approve reviews for publication it is doubtful that plagiarism would be noticed. If you do spot one notify Founder and he will take care of it.
  • jackslash
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    6 years ago
    You're not being too touchy. The person who copied from your review is just a douche who is functionally illiterate.
  • shailynn
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    6 years ago
    Jackslash, Juice is not a douche!!!
  • Jascoi
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    6 years ago
    i may plagiarize my own stuff. if anything i write seems like plagiarism i apologize.
  • s275ironman
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    6 years ago
    I read reviews for my local clubs daily. A while back, before we started to moderate reviews before being published, I spotted a review that had cut and paste sentences from several older reviews of that club.

    It was someone who previously paid for VIP access so they could read reviews, then they extended their VIP membership by writing a fake review filled with plagiarism. I called them out on it, but that didn’t really solve anything. The culprit only has written that one review and then suddenly became inactive on TUSCL.

    The new setup won’t let me directly link to the review, but for those who are curious, it was a Feb. 5, 2018 review of Bouzouki in Detroit
  • TJ Lee
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    6 years ago
    They need to activate more trollwarnbots.
  • Harderlap
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    6 years ago
    I dropped Founder a note and the offending review has been removed.
  • chessmaster
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    6 years ago
    Good. if they are plagiarizing reviews i assume its because they never really went but want vip anyway.
  • chessmaster
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    6 years ago
    Paying for vip isn't that expensive afaik and it doesn't take long to write a legit review.if they can't write a review they should pay the founder.
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