Today is the day I discovered SteemIt and I'm so excited about it. But to my excitation, I was shocked on what I have found in here... PLAGIARISM. like "really?, is this something conincedence?" That were my first thought reading those short stories.
After a long hours of finding good write-ups here, I saw the story(https://steemit.com/story/@spinx/edelweiss-a-short-story-1) I made 5years ago. I made that myself and put it on a certain school publication. I don't know what are the rules in here but for me as a writer who respects the works of other, felt violated and was robbed by someone and uses it for profiting.
I can prove that I the original author of that story "Edelwiess"
with this link https://postimg.org/image/d9vqd8ytn/
This is the 1st part of the story.
"I had been weary from the day's job, but I was even more weary from crying. Five years in the city, and I still fell homesick. It was one of my wallowing Saturday late night drama. The rain was pouring hard and I was alone. All alone. This is what I remember."
Now this is the picture of the 1st part of the story in the publication.
https://postimg.org/image/gw0o4c2j7/
THATS NOT ALL
I also found my friend's short story entitled "The Summoning" in his/her profile.
https://postimg.org/image/6yktzo34b/
I can now say that he had a copy of the school publication. Again, I dont know if this kind of act is considered in this site but please give assitance to your users about copyright rules. This is a serious issue. I would not recommend steemit for authentic authors if this kind of abuse is present in this so called "social media that pays".
Thank you!
A A Galado