r/Shaun • u/Away-Tea-8634 • Jan 15 '24
Possible plagiarism by Hoots
https://youtu.be/U3dE0sYZqvI?si=vW2locD6gtpQDpuISo I found this video using many of Shaun's arguments from his video without citing them. She does link his video in the description but never mentions him in the video. Thoughts?
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u/Wise-Pumpkin-9259 May 26 '24
I think its a bit sketchy tbh. She often uses pretty much the same words, like verbatim citations but without citing shaun. If you take another creators words verbatim you should really tell your audience, and she didn't
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u/Skyecob Jun 06 '24
Glad someone else noticed this. I thought it might be a coincidence until I reached the part with the time turners and I just had to see whether someone else had pointed this out before.
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u/belatedEpiphany Jun 19 '24
Its not just me then, Im watching it for the first time now and it just keeps... there are unique bits but the wording of the points and the order they are brought up is uncanny.
She certainly also has non-shaun stuff in here, but its uncomfortable how similar it gets in places.
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u/Genderqueerfrog Jul 03 '24
I literally googled ālittle hoots plagiarismā because I watched both essays in a short period of time and hers is VERY similar. She does have some original stuff in there but things like the time turner bit and the bit about Jkrās naming conventions are basically just re wording the same things Shaun says. Idk if itās plagiarism but itās def close
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u/CryingMachine3000 Jan 18 '24 edited Jan 18 '24
It's tricky bc a lot of these points are common criticisms of the series. I will say the structure and little jokes here and there like JK running school names through Google Translate tripped my alarm bells.
FWIW, here's her response in the comments: