Did Mothership just copy my article without proper source credits or am I wrong?
By Singapore's Budget Babe  •  April 29, 2018
Is this Mothership article about an influencer promoting durian investments an attempt at deliberate plagiarism or just an ignorant mistake?

More specifically, let's talk about whether large editorial publishing houses have the right to take a story that first broke in a small-time blogger's website without proper crediting where it is due.


My first thought when I read it: HEY this looks suspiciously like MY article!

*looks around for proper source crediting to SG Budget Babe. Finds none.*

Let's start from the very beginning.

On 19 April 2018, I first wrote about local lifestyle influencer @pxdkitty activities in promoting and recruiting her followers into making monetary investments into durian seedlings with a Malaysian company. My key message was that one should not be too quick to trust and put in money into any investment schemes recommended by influencers, whether it is lifestyle influencers OR even SG Budget Babe aka ......
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By Singapore's Budget Babe
Budget Babe is an ordinary lady striving to achieve financial freedom in Singapore before the age of 45. She is always looking for cost-effective ways to live a fulfilling life in amidst Singapore's rising costs, and writes in order to empower fellow Singaporeans on taking charge of their own lives and finances. The final goal is to eventually break free from the competitive rat race. Will I meet you there? ...
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