WeChat with Anyone, Anywhere!

The first winner of the twitter contest announced.

Awesome contest :) Such ideas will make you think and come out with creative ouputs :) I really Liked the idea :)

@ranjith, I haven't seen any one so active in any of the forums/such community sites :) You rock bro :)

@ranjith, can we promote our WeChat article or Is it against the rule of this contest?

if the link is still open can i submit now?? :)

oh i thought it was only till 5th.. :)  infact colgate contest link is still active. where the last date was yesterday. 

@renie, we should have a "Like" button for the comments here.. I feel like "liking" few comments here :D

If we install this app, do we get friend requests from imaginary and dead people?

is the deadline extended???

Dear Renie/IndiBlogger Team,

URGENT Plagiarism Complaint

I would like to start by congratulating the entire Indiblogger team for the great effort that it has been putting. I would like to take this opportunity to raise a very serious issue here which has plagued the entire blogging universe. Yes, I am talking of plagiarism! I feel that there should not be any place for a thing as heinous as plagiarism... as far as the blogging arena is concerned. We all take inspiration from each other but that doesn't mean we will start shamelessly copying ideas of a fellow blogger... that too an IndiBlogger. While I have noticed certain lazy bloggers (who want to portray themselves as prolific by increasing their productivity based on the hard work done by others... and they are not even aware of the seriousness attached to the offence because of the lack of awareness) trying to copy the works of others on several occasions, today I would like to raise my voice against one particular instance which has severely hurt my pride as an IndiBlogger. Now, I would not be naming anyone (for it would be below my dignity to pinpoint towards a fellow Indiblogger publicly) but I will leave enough evidence for the IndiBlogger team to figure it out.

This very incident pertains to the WeChat with Anyone, Anywhere! contest conducted by Indiblogger (and that's why I am posting in this very thread). On the 4th of June around 1:40 pm, I finished posting my contest article on my wordpress blog "Murtaza Unplugged". It would have taken me a hour or so more to fine tune it futher and submit it on the contest page on IndiBlogger. The theme that I had chosen was Freedom Fighters.  I had based my write up around 5 (+2) personalities viz. Bhagat Singh... along with Sukhdev and Rajguru, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Subhas Chandra Bose, Mahatma Gandhi and Muhammad Ali Jinnah (and I had my ressons why I chose them and I have mentioned them in the article). I just discovered that another IndiBlogger has chosen freedom fighters as his theme. I thought that it would have been a mere coincidence but obvioulsy it wasn't the case. This fellow has been smart enough to do a bit of tweaking to my original article but where he actually gave it away was when he opted for 6 distinct personalities... and 4 of them exactly matched with mine (Bhagat Singh, Subhas Chandra Bose, Mahatma Gandhi and Muhammad Ali Jinnah) . And not only that things that he have mnetioned in the paragraphs talking about them also seem to match the framework my article. Anyone who compares the two articles would be able to spot the similarities... they are too obvious. And the publishing timings for the article too seem to have been tampered (it can be easily done from the setting panel)... the article shows a time which is about 20 minutes prior to my publishing time. But, I am sure that the submission time for this article on the Indiblogger page would have been much later than mine.

Now, I brought this up not becasue of any personal grudge (I am deeply disturbed none the less) but because I think that such things can pose severe deterents to bloggers who work really hard to come up with original write ups and then these opportunists end up usurping itk. This is not one odd case that can be ignored... but there are hundreds of instances that go unnoticed. It's high time that we do something to protect the interests of the entire blogging fraternity. So, I not only request you to look into this particular case but I also entreat you and the entire IndiBlogger team to come up with strict guidelines against plagiarism (and similar practices that violate other bloggers' interests) so that much needed balance can be restored. 

Highest Regards,

Murtaza Ali

Thanks for those kind words of motivation... I appreciate it very much!!!

Hi...All...iam eagerly waiting for the results  .Waiting is the hardest thing for us sometimes na..!!

I just submitted my entry now, and it went through smoothly. Had fun with this one

I never pointpointed anyone and so I haven't the foggiest why the guilty party is trying to defend himself in the open. And obviously I have no intentions of castigating any individual on this esteemed forum. I am not against any person or individual. What I am against is plagiarism. Now, I know that there are hundreds of original thinkers out there but I also know that there are a few shifty individuals who in the hope of stealing limelight from these creative souls end up (out of habit) indulging in such lowly conduct.

This ultmately jolts the pride of the authentic/genuine bloggers, often demotivaing them from participating actively in the future events (I personally am having second thoughts about participating in any upcoming blogging contests/events until certain stringent guidelines are introduced against such malpractices). And since there are no stringent guidelines against plagiarism the perpetrator continues to go about his regular shady business hurting more such novel souls.  So, I once implore the IndiBlogger team (and also fellow IndiBloggers) to come up with stringent guidelines to curb and eradaicate this evil of plagiarism so that the honest and hardworking bloggers stop worrying about such malpractices and can solely focus on their writing.     

@Murtaza Ali, I perfectly agree with what you said. It takes lot of time and effort to post a good article. It really hurts when someone steals it and gets appreciation  Samething happened with me last time when I wrote #OriginalCopy experience. Its so sad to say that an IndiBlogger stole the images which I designed with lot of efforts for that article  It can be easily found out with a Google search by image. The theme of #OriginalCopy meet was about bieng Original. That guy just stole my designs without even giving a credit  

well, in that case Indiblogger should keep the record of first come basis posts, so that a fair deal can happen. 

@The Fool :) Its Ok. Past is Past. Lets make the future safe :) 

Finally a contest which seems interesting and is pulling be back to IniBlogger from my deep lazy slumber . Would love to take part in this one

@Murtaza bhai jaan, I hope you are happy now as everything sorted out. You can now release me from being charged guilty of Plagiarism and tweaking with the posts etc (You gonna be Sherlock Holmes one day...) . As I told you, it was just a mere coincidence of having the same choice of people and our blog posts are different on different themes. Thanks a lot to get you back again as my first Indiblogger friend. Congrats on winning prizes today in gurgaon meet! It was great to have you in my team!

Thanks a lot! Let's fight against Plagiarism then as a team!

I've never worked this hard for a contest before. Its 3.30 in the morning and I still am thinking how to conclude my post.

Hope you people like it and relate to my choice of characters. I've introduced a comic angle for the first time in any of the posts on my blog :) Nervous for the response but equally excited ;)

Will publish in a day or two :)

Renie, this one really needs imagination and creativity. Thanks for this :)

I have already submitted my first entry. Can I submit one more with other people because the more I think of talking and connecting with someone the more number of names come in my little head.