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pekosog
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(tl;dr at the bottom)
one day, an old "friend" asked if i would like to be part of a project with their friends to create a site, we had plenty of meetings, my partner and i were excited with this project until we realized that those girls literally wanted a copy-paste from another site, and i mean, exactly the same but translated in google translate. We even asked other developers for their opinion and they said the same, that it was a copypastarino.
so my partner and i talked to them about how we didn't want to be part of a copied project. Those girls went angry and we drop off that.
Yesterday, after almost 7 months, I found you that those girls won an "startup contest" and that they will be traveling to sillicon valley soon to meet a founder and start the business.

ooooh boy...
what would happen if we send an email pointing out that copied-googleTranslated project?
is the industry really that dumb or lazy? i mean, how is that even possible that they haven't found it out?

tl;dr
some girls just google-translated a site, my partner and i didnt want to be involved and now, 7 months later, they are going to sillicon valley to meet a founder and make it real.

Comments
  • 1
    If I were the financier, I would appreciate the tip.
  • 2
    These things usually have a way of ending badly.
  • 1
    so you guys think that i should send a mail? maybe that those girls know that i am the snitch
  • 4
    @pekosog Let's face it...between fraud and snitching to prevent it, the latter is the lesser evil imho. Provided you did your best to keep them from going down that path, there's no guilt involved in saving other people from believing a lie :)
  • 0
    well now it can definitely be a legal issue on a bigger scale
  • 2
    I think you would get more respect from the investor and coder community by 'snitching' on uncreative girls.
  • 2
    They don't deserve success if they have put no effort in.

    Alas, this seems to be the way of the world these days...
  • 0
    If you don't feel comfortable doing it, slide me the URL of the original site, URL of the copy/paste site and email for investor. DM me on Twitter (same handle).
  • 1
    I'm actually curious about the website.
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