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Economy => Scam Accusations => Topic started by: Bowtiesarecool on January 11, 2020, 06:59:53 PM



Title: Bank of Hodlers: Plagiarism/Corporate Identity Theft
Post by: Bowtiesarecool on January 11, 2020, 06:59:53 PM
Website: https://bankofhodlers.com/
Archived website: https://web.archive.org/web/20200111182649/https://bankofhodlers.com/
Bitcointalk thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5175165.0 - bounty, no ANN thread found
Archived thread: https://web.archive.org/web/20200110223311/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5216466.new
Profile link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2498653
What happened: Plagiarized the Company Culture section of its website from Netflix

Plagiarized: https://bankofhodlers.com/culture
Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20200111183702/https://bankofhodlers.com/culture
Source: https://jobs.netflix.com/culture
Archived Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20200111183943/https://jobs.netflix.com/culture


Full Picture:
I must confess that posting this was very conflicting - I mean who reads crypto Company Culture when there's the mammoth task of going through WP? I also thought of filing this under "Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery" before coming to the conclusion that there is a clear cut difference between basing a company culture on something admired and copypasting their culture wholesale without any acknowledgement. It begs the question "who are you?" - if all you're doing is appropriating another's company culture wholesale in an industry where developers have a nasty habit of vanishing into the ether. Coupled with the fact that this was a DeFi platform and handling data, I felt it was best to bring their "corner-cutting" approach and let the community be the judge of.

Here are some snippets

BOH
https://i.imgur.com/VDE9yYO.png
Netflix
https://i.imgur.com/SmZa8hA.png

BOH
https://i.imgur.com/kKV1tIp.png
Netflix
https://i.imgur.com/OyH0JcZ.png

BOH
https://i.imgur.com/PkOe2m3.png
Netflix
https://i.imgur.com/wgKxWz6.png