Over the past couple years I've frequently wondered what constitutes plagiarism on this site, and if it is reportable. For example, and hypothetically of course, what if:
A member of thecage were to post something they had found online - without the original author's permission and without crediting the original author?
Or if they change parts of it, and try pass it off as if they were the original author?
Or if they regularly, repeatedly copy posts from random people on Facebook, and then post them here and comment on them as if they had originally written them?
Or if they were to take well-known, copyrighted songs, rewrite them with added weak BDSM-themed 'lyrics', and post them here as if they were the actual composer?
What if they had been called out on another site, like fet for example, for plagiarism? What if after doing so the site admin decided it was a breach of the site rules, and the user was briefly suspended? What if the plagiarism was so egregious that a quick google search showed exactly the place and author it was stolen from?
I think we would agree that such a member is guilty of plagiarism, but is it a breach of the site rules, and can/should it be reported to admin here?
Hypothetically, of course.
(And what if, just for fun, another member of thecage were to copy and paste the original writing and credit the actual writer, thereby exposing the lame plagiarist - without ever mentioning their name, therefore not breaking thecage rules?)