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GeneralRe: 3 answers to the same question by the same author Pin
Graeme_Grant20-Dec-22 21:39
mvaGraeme_Grant20-Dec-22 21:39 
GeneralRe: 3 answers to the same question by the same author Pin
Richard MacCutchan20-Dec-22 21:52
mveRichard MacCutchan20-Dec-22 21:52 
GeneralDimash Kudaibergen is a spammer Pin
PIEBALDconsult20-Dec-22 17:29
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GeneralSpammer from moderation queue (Member 15871172) Pin
OriginalGriff20-Dec-22 17:08
mveOriginalGriff20-Dec-22 17:08 
GeneralSpammer from moderation queue (hadi ali 2022) Pin
OriginalGriff20-Dec-22 17:06
mveOriginalGriff20-Dec-22 17:06 
GeneralChartGPT Plagerism in Quick Answers en mass Pin
Graeme_Grant20-Dec-22 12:53
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GeneralRe: ChartGPT Plagerism in Quick Answers en mass Pin
OriginalGriff20-Dec-22 17:09
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GeneralRe: ChartGPT Plagerism in Quick Answers en mass Pin
Graeme_Grant20-Dec-22 17:41
mvaGraeme_Grant20-Dec-22 17:41 
OriginalGriff wrote:
I though the answers I'd seen were dodgy (too much, too varied, too quick) but I hadn't thought of a chatbot.

I've played with the chatGpt bot and many of the answers given were laid out in a too-familiar format.

The fact that </br> tags were not removed in quite a few of the answers very strongly suggests that the code was not theirs and pasted hastily - code editors don't embed </br> tags into the clipboard.

If it smells like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a goose!

The real question here is: is using chatGpt and posting as their own answer plagiarism, is it gaming the TOUs, or is it both?

If he was posting how to use ChatGpt, like we do with Google search, and crediting the source of the information, like a link to the answer on stack overflow, then I would have no issue with it.

The other issue I had with his posts was he was overposting where valid answers were already given and added nothing. It was more about getting the points than helping the member.

Lastly, I think that this is an existing user using an alt account. He is a beginner and his posts & formatting were above the level of a new user.

Graeme


"I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks one time, but I fear the man that has practiced one kick ten thousand times!" - Bruce Lee


modified 20-Dec-22 23:54pm.

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Graeme_Grant20-Dec-22 19:55
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GeneralSpammer from moderation queue (Gingiza) Pin
OriginalGriff20-Dec-22 8:05
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GeneralMember 15870981 is a spammer Pin
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Richard Deeming20-Dec-22 5:03
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GeneralHidden link spammer (Reece Lord) Pin
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GeneralSpam would be article ("Guest Posting and Content writing services" , Arther Shelby) Pin
OriginalGriff20-Dec-22 2:38
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GeneralSpam would-be article (Torontoplumber | Muhammad irfan Dec2022) Pin
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GeneralOld spammer in QA (Member 15295103) Pin
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GeneralSpammer in QA (Member 15870314) Pin
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GeneralSpam would-be article (The Much Needed Transformation ... | Amandeep Kaur Dec2022) Pin
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GeneralSpammer from moderation queue (Member 15870310) Pin
OriginalGriff19-Dec-22 21:04
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GeneralSpammer from moderation queue (game[DELETED] nft) Pin
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