donPhill:
...true talk...oga seun need to work on dis section cos this section generates more traffick than any, imagine refreshing a page every 30mins
good mornin d9ty7

stuff46:
Oga D you have got a point, and i think should be considered. The rate inwhich they steal story (ies) here is much and to address such situation one has to be at alert.

In as much as NL doesnt gurantee the safety of your work, the writers should protect their work in any way they can. Even those that steal this stories don't have fear of God in them, so the best way to avoid all this kind of story is after some time you delit them from sites, (since opera mini, mozilla firefox, uc browser give room for copying).
After deliting the works from site (s) it would help protect your work.

As a saying goes, 'running away from problem doesnt show your braveness, rather it shows your cowardice'. I saw some writers stop posting thier stories here just because of this problem, i ask myself 'what does this show'? I guess you understand it. You must learn to stand and approach every trouble that arrive. This is just part of the problem you ought to have taken into consideration before going into the course of writing. As every job/ activity comes with a challenge, one must be able to fight for his/her right.

If you don't get to convince the thief and his followers, pray for him that he may change not to get discouraged in your doings over their actions, since your concience is clear that it is your work.

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D9ty7:
Fatalveli, if you can help us, please give the links to those sites, I think we can always do something about it.
If we can protect one another, then I see no reason why plagiarist would stop stealing our works.
When I saw some writers leave, I felt like leaving also, but I can't leave. I'll rather remove my stories from here as soon as I am through with them than run away.
Even writers like, LarrySun, Repogirl, whitemosquito, Glowingscene, Ishilove we don't know where they are presently. I know some of them are now writing on their blogs, but those who are not with a blog. probably ran away cos of plagiarism.

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D9ty7:
Another pressing issue is the writers encouragement:
Personally, I have no reason to complain about this because I have recieved more than enough encouragements in terms of comments and other things that could encourage a writer, but the same can not be said about the new set of writers that we have around here.
If I decide to post a story on Nairaland and after five straight update, I can't count at least fifteen updates, then I'll have to consider the options that I have. Afterall, no one is paying me, therefore no one has the right to hold me responsible if I decide to stop writing. Believe me, I once checked the literature section not too long ago and the first five topics I saw were stories, I checked back after an hour and this five topics still occupies the first five positions with no new comment and nothing new, whereas in other sections, in a minute, you'll get at least five comments, while in the literature section, in a day, you'll get a comment and about 5 views increase.
If you check some popular sections, you'll see about five hundred registered members viewing the section with the same amount of guest while a thread will have at least a hundred registered viewers. If the thread makes front page, it tripples, but in the literature section, hardly will you see hundred registered users viewing the board while on a thread with the highest viewers will have about thirteen registered users and six guests viewing. If such thread makes the frontpage, you'll see about seventy registered users and hundred guests, check back after ten minutes, hardly will you see twenty five registered users.
Abeg, are we writing rubbish? Please tell us, so we can work on it or better still stop writing.
The readers don't comment and when they do, all they write is, "you are the bomb! Next update please." These comments does little or nothing in encouraging these writers.
At the same time we are fighting plagiarists, we are begging people to at least comment on our stories, even if na to book space. Its very bad.
I have seen a writer who for the past one week is always calling on his people to come and read and while they read, only one person will comment and since that last week, the same person has been commenting after every update.
And while some people will complain that there are so many abandoned stories on Nairaland, who will post when he knew he won't get any new comment. The same thing everyone talks about, the writer is the bomb. Achebe never called Adichie the bomb when he read her book. Give these people detailed comment, tell them what you think, what you think should be done.
Believe there is not writer here on Nairaland that is 50%, we are all below average which is why our stories are being posted for you to read and correct.
All in all, lets work on the issue of comments, likes and shares, they serve as encouragement to we writers.
A popular writer was talking about how he normally bounce his dinner just to enable him type late into the night to satisfy we his readers, sleepless nights, as a student, he won't read his notes, he would always want to satisfy us and in the end, while his GDP falls and he log in to nairaland, hoping to see comments that will lift his spirit, all he would see are people complaining that he his taking too long, he is starving them. Is that the encouragement that he needs? We can do better.

Kachisbarbie:
I actually read all through this post.

The encouragement part caught my attention, very true. You may have to speak for yourself though, you want the encouragement/criticism...not every writer wants that @ criticism.

I can remember vividly asking a question/criticism on a work here on Nairaland, the writer(I don't wanna mention names) gave me this exegegis on how professional writing works. Yes he/she is a writer, I am a financier- I may not know the Pros and Cons of writing but @least from a neutral point of view I believe I made lil sense. He/she didn't even consider my point.

Since then, I don't comment @ all or I write "you're the bomb" - I actually thought they love to hear that.

I have also seen situations were you criticise and some people would come for you like an anticipated prey.

SexySapphire:
I reckon with all what you said d9ty7 especially with the plagiarism and the support from readers. I know how painful it can be to find your brain cracked work elsewhere without proper recognition given to you. I think what you suggested about deleting some parts is what will work out for you guys for now until a better solution is found.
As for the encouragement from readers, I don't know everybody's excuse but just as kachisbarbie said, some writers don't like to be corrected or criticized. They feel they are always right. I could remember a story I commented on where I brought to light where I felt mistakes came in, maybe I was overtly harsh with my comment but I later heard that I was discussed, insulted and almost banned for saying what I felt was wrong with a story. I can't just be blind to faults in stories cos I'm a graduate of English and Literature and I read novels a lot and I'm a lover of anything prose. So after all that, do you think I will ever in my nairaland life tell a writer I'm not close to the wrongs in his/her story? No, I will never cos I won't want to be labelled a killjoy. So I will keep telling most of them what they wanna hear or better still not read the story again when I notice too many mistakes.
For the nomination and voting of writers for the 5k prize, I think the problem is that people don't want to offend their favourite writers. You can imagine me reading like 5 dope stories at the same time where I actively participate, the problem sets in when I'm told to vote for just one person! Who will I vote for without making the others feel less worthy? That's my own point of view as to the problems.
It was nice and initiative of you to bring this up d9ty7. Kudos to you and I wish all nairaland writers both old, new and upcoming all the very best.

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kingphilip:
d9ty7 I quite agree with most of what u pointed out here

on the measure that should be taken concerning the plagiarism, I tend to fault something there which is:
sometimes most people involved in this copy this as fast as the original writer updates if they don't post it then, they might probably store it somewhere to post later so even u removing most after completion might b a waste of time too

D9ty7:
Fatalveli, if you can help us, please give the links to those sites, I think we can always do something about it.
If we can protect one another, then I see no reason why plagiarist would stop stealing our works.
When I saw some writers leave, I felt like leaving also, but I can't leave. I'll rather remove my stories from here as soon as I am through with them than run away.
Even writers like, LarrySun, Repogirl, whitemosquito, Glowingscene, Ishilove we don't know where they are presently. I know some of them are now writing on their blogs, but those who are not with a blog. probably ran away cos of plagiarism.