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Honeypotting minors is so unethical I don’t know where to begin. These kids’ futures could’ve been completely fucked

• catalogia 6y ago
  While honeypotting teenagers does seem kind of fucked up, it's not the honeypotting that would have been screwing over the kids trying to use reddit to cheat on their exams. That's very much a "hoist with their own petard" scenario.
• elliekelly 6y ago
  It also bothers me that they cancelled exams of students they said had planned to cheat. The College Board should have given them an opportunity to take the exam and see if they participated in the cheat chats before cancelling their score. In my mind thinking about cheating, researching ways to cheat, and even planning on cheating isn’t the same as actually cheating. Anxious kids who are studying do all kinds of dumb stuff and joining a subreddit of potential cheaters doesn’t necessarily mean the student is a cheater. You have to give someone - especially a kid - the opportunity to do the right thing.
  • vulcan01 6y ago
    Yeah. What if those kids just joined the subreddit for fun, and didn't actually plan on using it?
• intopieces 6y ago
  These are Advanced Placement tests for college credit. Nothing future fucking about it.
  • eanzenberg 6y ago
    Cheating in higher education is a serious offense. Think loss of scholarships, failed classes the kill your gpa, expulsion.