Are they really funny?

I've noticed that about 95% of the "funny" poems on this site are plagiarized, or not really the submitter's work (they say, "Oh, it's not mine, but I like it!") Obviously, this is a violation. As far as I know, it's been going on since I've been here, and probably even before that.

Just thought I'd bring it forward.

~Ciao Lipton

I have noticed that too! Some of them I have read so many times over the years. Some are funny but I do think that they should be original. That's the point of posting your poetry on this site!

That partially the reason why I hardly ever submit funny poems. Everyone either thinks that you didn't write it yourself, or no-one reads it because they think that you didn't write it.....

Most of the "funny" poems should actually be in the explicit category. There was one up recently talking about sex, and it went into a bit of detail. It might still be up... I don't know.

~Ciao Lipton

did you report it as "inappropriate text" (same link as reporting for plagiary, but you click a different button on the form).

Everybody is able to report plagiary and inappropriate text that way and it is the quickest way to get the poem deleted or moved.

Yeah, I did... It just seems that a lot of people like to humor these plagiarists, and leave comments like, "Oh, that's funny. Thanks for sharing it! 5/5!" and then when someone comes along and tells them that they've plagiarized, a whole mass of people come back saying that they didn't do anything wrong, and were just sharing a funny poem.

I just brought this up because it IS wrong to post texts that aren't yours because it IS plagiarizing. Even if you give credit for the poem to someone else, who gets praised for it (votes and comments)? The person that submitted it.

~Ciao Lipton