10 Things We Should Learn From The Success of Diana Meresc in 2022
Thank you in advance for your opinion and support
This is satire and it may be a little niche, but after all, Diana has a large following. Scroll to the bottom to see her reign of plagiarism unveiled and enjoy this listicle, inspired by her legacy.
1. Listicles do well on the internet.
I suspect the numbers help things in some technical way, but they also help inattentive writers process information quickly without having to work too hard. Remember, we are all dealing with the fallout of decades of shortened attention spans.
2. Keep it simple.
I don’ know about you, but it is common for me to spend hours on a single essay. I write several pieces each week, most of which address thought-provoking topics. When I find out that someone making 3x the splash I am by sharing 7 Ways To Feel Happier About Bots Taking Over The World, it teaches me something… not the thing I want to learn, but still something.
3. No one complains about FLUFF.
As a woman who writes about challenging material that often asks people to think and feel things, I get a lot of comments. I am thankful that the majority of my comments are positive and even a lot of the constructive ones are fruitful, but I also get my share of bullies and trolls. Come to think of it, maybe I’ve also gotten Diana Meresc’s share of trolls as well. I did not see a single negative response among her hundreds of comments praising the brilliant ideas… that she stole from others. Is the lesson that if you write fluff, no one wants to correct you? I kept looking for men coming in to tell her that actually, she missed a key way in her list of 5 ways to get rich, but no one bothered with mansplaining. Not once.
4. If you rewrite pieces you found online carefully, you will not get caught by plagiarism tracking software.
Please don’t do this.
5. Why use your own profile photo when you can download a photo from Pixabay free and pass it off as yourself?
This is your reminder that reverse image lookup exists — this is also useful when you meet someone on a dating site and suspect he is a bot, not that this happened to me several times…this month.
6. People will read things by thin, attractive, white women.
But they’ll also read things by people who simply claim to be thin, attractive, white women.
7. Sure, you can read comments and give thoughtful responses, but if you’re pressed for time, try thanking hundreds of people for their “opinion and support”
Pro tip: If you’re gonna use a template response, maybe double-check that the person left an opinion. PRO-Pro-tip, I don’t care if it was successful, template comments are gross. If you want to keep it simple say thank you… “thank you for your opinion and support” feels alarming for some reason. Anyone else?
8. If you steal from small websites, they probably won’t notice
But please note that this is illegal and dangerous.
9. Even the best of us cannot be trusted to be able to distinguish between bots and humans
I am 100% sure that Diana is a plagiarist and relatively certain she is a bot, but all of that said, if Diana Meresc leaves me a convincing comment, my head might explode. Part of me is also a bit nervous because even though I am publishing another piece with major proof of her epic scam, I’m a bit worried that this is going to turn hundreds of Medium users against me for bullying this poor sweet girl who offers such lovely advice.
