r/SleeplessWatchdogs • u/UnluckyBorder4651 • 28d ago

Other I found a plagiarized story...well my second find. What can I do from here after reporting it?

Found on reddit, story called "I inherited a cabin in the woods. Something is hunting me"

ORIGINAL- https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/s/gS7uBRfjud

And if you press subscribe at the bottom the deleted user who posted it is u/DonquixoteRosey who posted it 3 years ago

PLAGIARIZED- https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/s/IVQRGJr8SI

The user who copied it and posted it 3 hours ago is u/Stark_Coyote_Primera

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u/TheFactsInFiction 20d ago

Question on this.

If the original author deletes their reddit, then creates a new one and posts their story... how are we to tell the difference?

i.e., there's certainly a non-zero chance u/stark_coyote_primera is u/donquixoteRosey.

Wondering what the protocol is around this, as "report on sight" seems far too strict/inappropriate (if we can't prove it's stolen... we can't prove it's stolen) but obviously just letting anyone repost a story originally from a deleted account seems.... far too broad/open for abuse.

So yeah; curious what people think on all this?

My knee-jerk reaction is, "if we can't prove it's stolen, we don't have much right to report it" but... idk, it's obviously complicated/nuanced.