#plagarism

[therainbowwillow]

hbomberguy’s latest video on plagiarism has made me completely rethink literature and writing. I have never once so much as considered intentionally plagiarizing anyone or anything, but I think there’s something more that has come out of this: the names of the people who created the works Somerton (and others) ripped off.

Plagiarism isn’t only bad because it is lazy and disrespectful, it’s bad because it buries the truth. If you can’t find a source, the conversation is over. Somerton’s sources are fairly easy to find by simply searching his plagiarized lines, but that isn’t true in most cases. Most of the time, the line from statement to source is a lot less clear.

Today, I was writing a report on English Ivy, which is an invasive species here in the US. I wanted to know when it was introduced and I at last found a source claiming it was introduced to the Americas “as early as 1727” on a .net website that seems quite reputable (it has multiple major universities credited in its home page), but there is no citation for where this date came from. I dug deeper and found a pamphlet created by a city government in Virginia that made the same claim, only to discover the first source linked in their bibliography. Another website (a botanical garden’s page) gave the same date with the same source hyperlinked. Of course, I have classes to attend and things to do and probably not enough time to follow the lines back to where this 1727 date came from, but if I had not just watched this video, I wouldn’t have given that date a second thought.

Of course, it doesn’t matter in the long run exactly what year hedera helix was introduced to the Americas, but it makes you wonder how many facts have been so vaguely attributed that it becomes completely impossible to figure out where they originated (and further, whether or not they’re true at all).

#hbomberguy #james somerton #plagarism #EDIT: it was introduced to *the americas* NOT the US in (probably) 1727 #THANK YOU anon ask person!!! #the US didn’t exist in 1727

[thatrandomblogsays]

The best part of Todd in the shadows video is it unintentionally proves Hbomber’s point. He explains that there’s nothing wrong with being inspired and cites YouTubers who openly give credit and the wonderful content that comes from it.

Todd had the video idea, reached out to hbomber even though he wasn’t even stealing the idea, he just wanted to be courteous and respectful. Hbomber blessed off and asked Todd to wait to post and we got two wonderful videos. Art is better when we work together and respect each other.

#hbomberguy #todd in the shadows #plagarism #james somerton

[memingursa]

HE’S SHAMELESS WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH HIM DUDE

#lily simpson #james somerton #plagarism #hbomberguy #bob’s burgers #trans creator #transgender

[thebobbu]

The good news about Hbomberguy's plagiarism video for everyone who used to like James Somerton (I recently discovered him and hadn't got to any of the misogynistic shit yet), is that the queer analysis we liked is still out there - just not written by the thieving little shite. Great place to start is the playlist Harry created of plagarised or otherwise hardworking (but underrated) creators:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRGz5EMig3r2ZDgeGzwUlSz-PzF-L1Xu1&si=KqFfYA1NntIA3JG_

Also, as he's gonna send the profits to the writers James yoinked (without the twist) from, if you wanna help financially, you could always just... Put the video on in the background on repeat...

Tangentially, I met Harry a few years back at WorldCon in Dublin, and thanked him for his videos. He gave me a hug. The guy is just as sweet and lovely, and delightfully wild-eyed*, in real life.

*Seriously, the magnificent bastard has beautiful eyes.

#james somerton #hbomberguy #plagarism #youtube #video essay #queer #queer community #lgbtq+ #lgbtqia #gay #film analysis

[ezra-and-the-sun]

James Somerton’s out here saying shit like “ I want to keep making videos about queer history.” Girl you said that only “boring gays” survived the AIDS crisis not only are you not seeing the pearly gates but no one in their right mind wants you to touch any form of social media with a ten foot pole.

#james somerton #hbomberguy #plagarism and you(tube) #plagarism #James somerton plagarism #video essays

[catnipfelix]

he deleted all his fucking videos

#hbomberguy #james somerton #reddit #youtube #plagarism #fx

[elexuscal]

Something about the current James Somerton discourse i think is missing when people say: "Why didn't people notice he was a bigot?"

is that he was plagarizing from non-bigoted creators.

i'd watched a handful of his videos. I'd noticed a couple comments that made me raise an eyebrow, and I even wrote a post here on tumblr about how much I viscerally disagreed about his comment about "all the interesting gays died of AIDS". (though i left Somerton's name out of that at the time, wanting to take him in good faith... ugh.)

It's obvious now, in retrospect. When you take away all the things he didn't write, what you're left with is just an ugly dust pile of misogyny, Euro-centerism, transphobia, and acephobia.

But before? When you didn't realise that like 80% of what he said he'd stolen? It was masked by all "his" genuinely thoughtful commentary. If someone makes 7 insightful takes, and then one (1) bad one, you're more likely to think, "that's a mostly reasonable person who holds some things I disagree with".

I'm hardly the first to say it, but the point of Hbomberguy's video is not, "Somerton was a uniquely awful person and everyone who watched his content were idiots for not noticing".

It's:

a) the YouTube algorithm (and online algorithms in general) promote low-quality content farm content over well-researched pieces that take longer to make

b) if something a creator says seems fishy, be willing to dig into it more and double-check

c) Look out for the hallmark signs of plagiarism and corner-cutting in general, like lack of attributions or content being churned out at an unbelievably high rate.

Somerton was a charismatic guy who used his status as a gay man as a shield and took full advantage of our social brains' tendency towards parasocial relationship, while actively tricking his audience by stealing other peoples' words. Don't blame his audience for falling for it. Learn from it.

#james somerton #hbomberguy #plagarism

[scavengerssuccotash]

I apparently have thoughts that are not fandom related: Oops

I would like to point out that if Hbomberguy DIDNT make a video and fucking annihilate James Somerton’s credibility that this would’ve continued in perpetuity.

I would also like to make it ABUNDANTLY clear that we CANNOT and should not rely on a balding British bi-man to save the day whenever he finds a rabbit hole. (Though I do love him and find his work exceptional and thought provoking.)

The burden of proof that we expect out of Hbomberguy’s videos should not be resigned to him alone (or any other creator).

It’s on us.

It’s on all of us.

We all need to take the time to reevaluate how we consume media and the method of that consumption as it relates to our collective knowledge as a whole.

YOU have to start thinking critically and checking sources, because it’s been made clear time and time again that those at the top will neglect to do the work if it interferes with their ability to make money. (Or apparently if it’s just too hard or they don’t give a shit.)

So, as in the ever timeless wise words of a certain North American Bear….

Only you can stop the spread of misinformation.

Only you can stop the spread of plagiarism.

#hbomberguy #james somerton #todd in the shadows #youtube discourse #youtube #plagarism #misinformation #queer community #queer discourse

[halozeta]

Hbomberguy's latest video is the closest thing to watching an actual murder without anyone getting physically hurt. Criminals are very lucky Harry didn't get into law.

#hbomberguy #james somerton #illuminaughtii #internet historian #holy shit #plagarism

[artsekey]

I genuinely think that everyone—especially older kids/teens— should watch this video. Plagiarism in the modern digital age has always been something laypeople approach with indifference, and developing a critical eye for the content you watch is more important now than ever before.

#hbomberguy #plagarism #youtube

[alsoknownasallison]

james somerton aka plagiarism georg

#james somerton #hbomberguy #todd in the shadows #plagarism #video essay #youtube

[plutopups33]

James Somerton's apology - a summary.

#hbomberguy #james somerton #plagarism #youtube

[memingursa]

NO FUCKING WAY HES STILL TRYING TO BULLSHIT HIS WAY OUT OF IT

#hbomberguy #plagarism #james somerton #youtube #lgbt

[getosbigballsack]

@hajunzi , you're really shameless, making my story into a three part series, word for word, then you gonna have the audacity to say "I wouldn't write incest if it wasn't requested, but something took over me and made me want to write this."

I'm pretty sure you're meant to say, "something took over you, and you decided to steal it." Yeah, that would've made much more sense.

If only you knew the orgins of the story, a one-shot I wrote for CORPSE HUSBAND before I even got into anime, and I decided that I would've have been so much better as a SATOSUGU story and you just stole it as if I didn't spend countless nights writing it, wrote over 10k+ words just to publish this story and went into depression right after because of the amount of rest I was receiving.

You have no respect for our work, our art. And as if stealing and making "MY STORY" into a three part series wasn't enough, you just had to steal @peachsayshi story too.

This is not fair so much time and effort just for our stuff to get stolen. And what hurts is that you never asked, because if you did ask me to use my story, I would've said yes to you and just simply asked that you give me credit for my work. But no... you took it own it as if it's yours.

I feel so disrespected.

#signal boost #boost! #plagarism #if you see this story please do not read the work is not theirs #gojo smut #jujutsu kaisen gojo #jjk gojo #gojo satoru #geto smut #geto suguru #jjk geto #suguru geto #getou suguru smut #geto x reader #lets do the right thing

[somesortapunk]

MY GOD ITS TODD IN THE SHADOWS WITH A STEEL CHAIR

#todd in the shadows #james somerton #plagarism #misinformation #hbomberguy #highly recommend the hbomb video #im about to watch the todd video after reading so much about it

[a-feller]

Guys if u havent watched nukerman's 4 hour video essay on plagarism you need to now. (yes this is the one everyone is getting hyped about). If not for the content then at least for the funnies.

the following is all from hbomb. Not the guy in the screenshots.

I love this so much. I actually fell off my chair laughing.

#fuckable twink #hbomberguy #plagarism #what to tag this #video essay #I googled it and there is no clear answer but hbomb does seem to be a little homo. #youtube #plagarism and you(tube)