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I tracked down my impostor

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Re: I tracked down my impostor

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Post by Veen »

disabled wrote: post #106

I have been a victim of this, and it is still an ongoing matter. If you don't want to find yourself a victim of these kinds of people, then you better keep these two links as a reference, and always take them to heart: Narcissists Online: http://www.issendai.com/psychology/narcissism/narcissists-on... What to Remember When Dealing with a Narcissist: http://www.issendai.com/psychology/narcissism/narcissists-wh... Peop…

> Regardless, these people tend to masquerade as "entrepreneurs", "researchers", "thinkers", "doers", or as "authors"

And activists.

Re: I tracked down my impostor

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Post by anamexis »

chrisseaton wrote: post #26

> Some of the work should have been spotted by plagiarism checkers I've been in postgraduate academia and industry, and been involved in multiple conferences at different levels. I'm not aware of anyone ever running a plagiarism detector on any submitted work at all. Do other people do this? Should the people I work with have been doing it?

I had an run-in with a plagiarism checker in undergrad (USA, 2008). A professor ran a research paper I had submitted through a plagiarism checker and it came back a 100% match. (I had researched and written the paper myself.) It led to a very awkward meeting which started with him saying "I think we both know why you're here" and me having no idea why I was there.

Luckily it ended with him resubmitting the paper to the checker and it coming back clean. (I got an A.)

Re: I tracked down my impostor

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Post by tinus_hn »

whatshisface wrote: post #98
DoubleGlazing wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Happened to a friend of mine. He'd posted an article on a website devoted to a specific form of fluid dynamics discussion. This was a site with less than 50 active users. Someone submitted the article (edited to sound more academic) to a journal - and with extra authors added. The journal almost published it, but they didn't because at the last minute one of their reviewers felt they recognized the content as having…

Reminds me of something I experienced on HN and Reddit, though my case was a far less significant level. There was a Reddit bot a few years ago (aptly named 'trappedinreddit') that would automatically post the previous top comment on reposts. I bet it was Reddit internal bots. That process is an order of magnitude faster on Reddit than control-v.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26605151

Is this some bizarre coincidence?

Re: I tracked down my impostor

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Post by niels_bom »

whatshisface wrote: post #98
DoubleGlazing wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Happened to a friend of mine. He'd posted an article on a website devoted to a specific form of fluid dynamics discussion. This was a site with less than 50 active users. Someone submitted the article (edited to sound more academic) to a journal - and with extra authors added. The journal almost published it, but they didn't because at the last minute one of their reviewers felt they recognized the content as having…

Reminds me of something I experienced on HN and Reddit, though my case was a far less significant level. There was a Reddit bot a few years ago (aptly named 'trappedinreddit') that would automatically post the previous top comment on reposts. I bet it was Reddit internal bots. That process is an order of magnitude faster on Reddit than control-v.

Is this a meta-joke? 4h ago somebody posted your exact first sentence. :-/

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26604648

Re: I tracked down my impostor

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Post by TwoBit »

anamexis wrote: post #112
chrisseaton wrote: post #26

> Some of the work should have been spotted by plagiarism checkers I've been in postgraduate academia and industry, and been involved in multiple conferences at different levels. I'm not aware of anyone ever running a plagiarism detector on any submitted work at all. Do other people do this? Should the people I work with have been doing it?

I had an run-in with a plagiarism checker in undergrad (USA, 2008). A professor ran a research paper I had submitted through a plagiarism checker and it came back a 100% match. (I had researched and written the paper myself.) It led to a very awkward meeting which started with him saying "I think we both know why you're here" and me having no idea why I was there. Luckily it ended with him resubmitting the paper to t…

What was the cause of the false positive?

Re: I tracked down my impostor

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Post by u801e »

whatshisface wrote: post #98
DoubleGlazing wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Happened to a friend of mine. He'd posted an article on a website devoted to a specific form of fluid dynamics discussion. This was a site with less than 50 active users. Someone submitted the article (edited to sound more academic) to a journal - and with extra authors added. The journal almost published it, but they didn't because at the last minute one of their reviewers felt they recognized the content as having…

Reminds me of something I experienced on HN and Reddit, though my case was a far less significant level. There was a Reddit bot a few years ago (aptly named 'trappedinreddit') that would automatically post the previous top comment on reposts. I bet it was Reddit internal bots. That process is an order of magnitude faster on Reddit than control-v.

Are you making an attempt at humor or are you just copying and pasting parts of comments to make your own comment?

Re: I tracked down my impostor

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Post by niels_bom »

VectorLock wrote: post #65

So this guy just got found out, got kicked out of school, changed his social media profiles and then just... evaporated? Just running around out there doing whatever with another guy's tattoos?

I wouldn’t be surprised if he’d just started copying someone else.

Re: I tracked down my impostor

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Post by brandonmenc »

autophagian wrote: post #19

For the curious: this emerged as a twitter thread back in Jan https://twitter.com/mattlodder/status/1350192856154198016 . In it, Dr. Lodder posts a comparison between his tattoos and his imposters, as well as a talk his imposter gave based on his work, while dressed as him. Creepy.

> a comparison between his tattoos and his imposters

There is nothing very special or original about his tattoos. Just about everyone has tattoos that look like this nowadays. Anyone can walk in and select these out of a flash book.

This is like complaining that someone is wearing the same t-shirt.

Yes, I realize the imposter is mimicking other aspects of his personality, but I see a dozen copies of this guy walking around every day.

Re: I tracked down my impostor

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Post by volume »

kergonath wrote: post #56
autophagian wrote: post #19

For the curious: this emerged as a twitter thread back in Jan https://twitter.com/mattlodder/status/1350192856154198016 . In it, Dr. Lodder posts a comparison between his tattoos and his imposters, as well as a talk his imposter gave based on his work, while dressed as him. Creepy.

That’s some dedication. And some nerve. I wonder why he’d try that in academia; there are probably other jobs in which his skills would be more useful.

maybe it's was his form or version of performance art, or simply an experiment that took on a life of it's own? I wonder if that's what Die Antwoord is about.
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