Thanks to the good work of 
Hive account@v4vapid, I was notified about an article of mine being completely ripped off of my wall and slapped like a slab of meat onto 
Hive account@messwir’s wall.
You can see all of the really fantastic work that Hive account@v4vapid is doing by checking his comments. Absolutely fantastic job, my friend. I truly appreciate the work you’re doing here on Steemit.
Now… this account, Hive account@messwir, is taking the work of other people and posting it under their own name with little to no modification.
This is plagiarism, plain and simple, and while it might seem like a way to make an easy buck, it's going to DESTROY you on Steemit. So, don't be like this idiot, Hive account@messwir: learn from his example and make your own content.
I’ll make a comparison of the article I wrote vs the one @messwir stole like the dirty little rat he/she is.
First, the title.
MINE
Hive account@messwir
Hive account@messwir removed the "Part 1", because - apparently - they're only interesting in stealing the first part. But Hive account@messwir left in the comma, like a damned idiot.
Next, the opening statement
MINE
I start with a nice, eye-catching, free-to-use image from the fantastic https://pixabay.com
Hive account@messwir
Starts with a totally incoherent sentence, yet uses the same image.
Hey, Hive account@messwir: what the hell is "The MKUltra program is an indisputable fact and blows about American history" supposed to mean? Maybe if you weren't so busy stealing other people's work, you'd have some time to work on your English skills by writing your own content.
Think about it.
The rest of their post is exactly like mine with a few occasional word changes that make absolutely no sense, like changing "toggling party disenfranchisement" to "changing the party's disappointment". Nice going.
Also, I looked at the source of Hive account@messwir's post image and found something interesting:
You can see in the image path that Hive account@messwir is using the eSteem app to post the content they stole from me. I'm officially letting 
Hive account@esteemapp know that this plagiarist is using their platform to post stolen content.
However, it's not just me, and it's not just the Hive account@esteemapp that's been abused.
This is a post that Hive account@messwir stole from Disobedient Media, and as you can see from its image path, they're using the 
Hive account@busy.org platform to post that stolen content.
So, Hive account@busy.org, be aware that Hive account@messwir is a flagrant plagiarist who is abusing your platform to steal content.
Why am I annoyed by this?
I’ll start here by saying that I don’t think it’s a big deal for people who use a platform like 
Hive account@zappl to do the equivalent of a “quote-tweet” or “retweet”, because the content of a micropost does not take an especially large amount of effort or time to compile and produce. And also, microposts have a much lower potential for earning any actual money.
However, when it comes to the articles that I write, I’m not ashamed to admit that I put hours into my work every day.
The post that Hive account@messwir stole from me and tried to make some quick money off of has a lot of research, as you can clearly see from the many links that I sourced, the quotes I found pertaining to the topic, and the video clips that were relevant to the post.
This takes time and energy to compile all of this and to assemble it into something that is my own, filtered through my own personal worldview, and presented to the audience that I’ve worked hard to build up.
Hive account@messwir is just copying my work and the work of others and posting it on their own wall like THEY are the one who put in all the work to do the research, analyze the material, filter out relevant sections of material that pertain to the topic, discover videos that reveal information about the topic and watch them to locate the timestamps where the most topical information lies.
All of this work that us actual content creators do here on Steemit is for the sake of our audience. It’s because I respect your time and attention that I work so hard on my posts and articles. It’s because I respect YOU that I try to provide my own authentic perspective on the subjects I choose to write about.
People like Hive account@messwir are just lazy assholes who can’t be bothered to have an opinion and have no respect for their audience (which, judging by the following-to-follower ratio, he/she only has because of a follow train scheme). They don’t respect Steemit or the Steem cryptocurrency; they abuse the awesome platforms that hard-working developers have made to make our experience here on Steemit better, like Hive account@esteemapp and Hive account@busy.org. And, most importantly, assholes like Hive account@messwir are abusing the content creators who spend time, effort, and resources to produce content that they steal, like a dirty rat in the night.
What do you think?
Plagiarism is an ever-increasing problem on Steemit, and I cannot be thankful enough for accounts like Hive account@v4vapid who do the real work to discover the thieves on the platform, expose them, and make sure they receive NO REWARDS for their immoral scummbagery.
How about you?
Has anyone ever stolen content from you on Steemit? By now, it’s happened to me probably a few dozen times, which means it’s probably happening twice as much as that and I just never find out about it.
Anyway, it’s nice that I’m able to turn someone stealing my content into my own content. That’s one thing that’s really cool about steemit :D
I recommend taking a gander at Hive account@messwir’s wall and seeing if your flagging power isn’t too rusty. He/she has been stealing A LOT of content from other users here and other writers and content creators from all over.
Go say hi.
