Generic post about the Gdash issue.

Remember when I made that post about Geometry Dash and how the restrictions are unfair?

I take that ALL back.

I just took a look at the unscouted forum. What did I see?

1. Monster Dance off by F777, a song not on newgrounds, reuploaded by someone who wanted to take credit for it.

2. A fair share of Tobu songs uploaded by the same person (he says Tobu allowed him to do it, but I doubt that.)

3. A crap ton of other cases like this.

This reuploading needs to stop. It's a complete copyright violation and it hurts the original creator. The moderation system needs to be tightened, and quickly. I know they won't ACTUALLY get to use it in-game, but still.

I've seen protests on change.org to take down NG for "fradulent claims against Dash"- this is complete and utter BULLSHIT. I can't honestly believe how far the fans have gotten. Yes, I play the game, but only casually and not enough to have songs not on NG uploaded for Geometry Dash. No, I don't support it. Just... if you're reading this... stop.

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Troisnyx 2017-04-24 04:51:12

Alleluia, finally someone who sees the light!

Iosun 2017-04-24 04:51:12

I'm not really in full agreement with your petition...

ADR3-N 2017-04-24 23:12:15

This has been going on a long time now, and I wish more people would take the stand, talk about it, and help us mods out by flagging these fraudulent submissions. They hurt everyone, even the mods who have to remove them day after day.

Though users tend to think of us as powerful overlords, goody-two-shoes, party poopers and bullies until they get to know us, mods often come under personal attack by abusers thinking we broke their play thing. They zero our songs, harass us online by the masses, and sometimes use the very system designed to protect Newgrounds's portals against us -- flagging our submissions. Lucky for us, it doesn't do much good. A flag is only as good as the reasoning behind it.

The heart of the matter is, NG's moderation team is all human volunteers reviewing thousands upon thousands of reports to keep the portals clean, thousands which we'd have to stay up day and night and work weekends to achieve on our own. It's a full time job as it is, and we aren't getting paid for it. We have lives, just like the rest of Newgrounds. That's why we need your help. The more users who take a stand and flag these submissions, the better. After all, there are so many more of you than there are of us, and the whistle icons are super cool.

Also, as a closing note I'd like to say that I came here to let you know not to leave reviews on tracks saying that they're stolen. On the (admittedly rare) chance that you could be wrong, you can't edit your review, and that could cause a submission to receive an unfairly low score. Review mods have to remove these for that reason. Instead, just flag the submission with information about the theft and if you really feel like you need to tell the user about what they did wrong, mail them about it. I usually don't advise people to do this because it can lead to the same kind of harassment we mods get, though.

Anyway, enough novel for the night. I'm glad there are people like you out there trying to spread the word. :)

Iosun 2017-04-24 23:12:15

I flag pretty often. The reason I started was because I wanted to go into the recent portal just to look for GOOD users.
And about the reviewing, the thing is that it's really the only way to leave a message that the other person can't just ignore or delete. Sorry if it was that much trouble.

Hallow 2017-04-25 17:00:41

Something worth noting is that regardless of whether Tobu allowed those to be uploaded (psst, he definitely didn't), it still breaks NG rules - the only stuff you're allowed to upload is stuff that is original work.

Iosun 2017-04-25 17:00:41

Well, that's a thing then.

Troisnyx 2017-04-25 18:10:58

EDM364 kinda detailed the how and why for me, but it was an extreme example driven by extreme circumstances. Persist, and there would be no more Newgrounds, basically.