Now I don't want to get on anyone's bad side here or sound like I'm making accusations, but I was wondering as a newbie, if I were to post an excerpt of my work, what's to stop others visiting this forum from plagiarising the work?
I am sure that other authors here would act conscionably (and that would be the argument made in their defence). However, since this is the internet and most, I'm assuming, have not met face to face (and even if one has, that is not necessarily a guarantee of one's integrity), who is to say that one couldn't have come to this forum simply hoping to find some material to plunder? So the trusting member here hoping for some critique could potentially post their work or ideas and find it being used by someone else for their own benefit.
Like I said, I don't want to sound like I'm pointing fingers (I don't even know anyone here yet anyway) but I'm sure it must be a perfectly valid and legitimate question which must surely cross people's minds. Is there anything in place to prevent such actions by posters who could reasonably be seeking to plagiarise, or anything to give some assurance of safety to authors genuinely wanting a critique?
Thanks
I am sure that other authors here would act conscionably (and that would be the argument made in their defence). However, since this is the internet and most, I'm assuming, have not met face to face (and even if one has, that is not necessarily a guarantee of one's integrity), who is to say that one couldn't have come to this forum simply hoping to find some material to plunder? So the trusting member here hoping for some critique could potentially post their work or ideas and find it being used by someone else for their own benefit.
Like I said, I don't want to sound like I'm pointing fingers (I don't even know anyone here yet anyway) but I'm sure it must be a perfectly valid and legitimate question which must surely cross people's minds. Is there anything in place to prevent such actions by posters who could reasonably be seeking to plagiarise, or anything to give some assurance of safety to authors genuinely wanting a critique?
Thanks