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f33d5173today at 2:15 AM1 replyview on HN

You could just... make punishments more proportionate? If people are regularly circumventing your punishment system because they feel it's too harsh, maybe take that as a sign.


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Forgeties79today at 11:52 AM

That’s exactly what they did. Switched to a multiple strike system. Still, it was a very controversial change.

The point though is these “honor codes” can become incredibly discriminatory and often, when scrutinized, prove not be effective at stopping cheating.