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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 snvzz »

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…

A popular label they pick these days is Moralist.

https://aeon.co/essays/how-the-cruel-moraliser-uses-a-halo-t...

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Post by cortesoft »

livre wrote: post #143
okamiueru wrote: post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting. Do you know what the marked value is for karma? Is the value tied to something practical, e.g. easier to pass spam filters with an account?

Many subreddits automatically delete posts or comments from users with low karma. Also people trust users with older accounts and a good amount of karma more than new users or people with low karma.

Do many people on Reddit actually check an account history before deciding whether to upvote or downvote something?

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Post by FDSGSG »

brendoelfrendo wrote: post #7
kfoley wrote: post #6

Reminds me of something I experienced on HN and Reddit, though my case was a far less significant level. I posted a comment on HN in response to some article about Emacs. Later that day I saw someone had copied my comment word for word in reply to the same article on Reddit. I still have no idea why someone would do that. I thought at first it was some kind of karma farming operation but the post history of the Reddi…

It's almost always bot accounts. Reddit is decent at catching bots so the botters copy legitimate comments, build a post history, and then switch to scamming or spamming after the account has some credibility.

>Reddit is decent at catching bots

I don't think you've tried to bot reddit.

Re: I tracked down my impostor

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Post by parsimo2010 »

mmaunder wrote: post #103

Twist: The article is written by the imposter who discredited and then disappeared the real Dr Lodder.

I expect that in my lifetime there will be (or already has been) an imposter that gets a leg up on someone in this way and pulls it off- “no, I wrote the article first, they stole it from me and published it. Here are my drafts which predate their submission. Fire them, not me.”

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Post by longshui »

disabled wrote: post #139
longshui wrote: post #127

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when it is in a circle where the people know more or less who is who, its unlikely to happen any masquerading sometimes there are misunderstandings and some in the circle may have the impression that there is some masquerading going on sooner or later, I guess, things naturally clarify as time flows and the views are prettier

It is not a figment of my imagination: There were things going on besides multiple forms of outright plagiarism within several submissions. Because there are often multiple forms of plagiarism occurring in the same submission, once you catch it, it's pretty clear cut that it was deliberate. It is not only in writing but at actual conferences when she gives speeches. The individual I mention is known to wear a custom…

I was not talking about your experience , by any means, sorry if you understood that I was aluding to your comment, its not the actual situation at all

I was comenting on the parent of my comment, not on your comment, and I was talking, clearly, in a general sense, in a quite specific situation that is absolutely different then your experience

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Post by sillysaurusx »

d0mine wrote: post #149
green_space wrote: post #90

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Psychiatry is a field where you can get away it. Zholia Alemi successfully masqueraded as a qualified psychiatrist for 23 years https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/17230748.doctor-faked-wil...

It tells us something about psychiatry as a field. Imagine faking being a programmer or a physicist for 20 years: a trivial Fizz Buzz-like test would reveal the truth for the former, and the failure to reproduce research results—for the latter.

At massive (non-FAANG) companies, it's more common than you might think. Surprisingly.

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Post by livre »

cortesoft wrote: post #152
livre wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Many subreddits automatically delete posts or comments from users with low karma. Also people trust users with older accounts and a good amount of karma more than new users or people with low karma.

Do many people on Reddit actually check an account history before deciding whether to upvote or downvote something?

The power users do, moderators do, those obsessed with reposters and bots too but I don't think the majority cares enough to check that. Most just follow the initial votes, so if the users who were early decided it was worth upvoting the rest of the people will generally just follow along. I think that's why selling votes is also profitable, you can get your post to the frontpage if it is good enough and you bought a few hundred early upvotes.

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Post by sgerenser »

dylan604 wrote: post #53
jonnat wrote: post #43

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My daughter is in 5th grade, attending school virtually due to the pandemic, and she has all her submitted assignments automatically verified by plagiarism checkers. In fact, she's encouraged to use online plagiarism checkers herself before submission to avoid false positives.

It's been a minute since I was in 5th grade. I'm trying to remember what kind of assignments I would have had where I could have plagiarized something that would not have been immediately obvious to the teacher.

Only thing I could think of is passing off big brother’s book report as my own. Would a plagiarism detector to work in that situation? Does every report and essay a child writes get added to the database for future works to be checked against?
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