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by s3p 1137 days ago
Interesting position, but, in my experience, it's been exactly the opposite. Our university works with Chegg to post false answers to questions in attempts to get students to stop using it for homework. They also look for course content posted on the site during exam weeks for the prerequisite math and science classes, and many students have been caught cheating because they posted a test question on Chegg.

Maybe you didn't have such an experience, but that doesn't mean it's a paradise for cheaters. I used it for help solving textbook problems and occasionally for homework. For how much it costs, it was a supreme waste of money.

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> Our university works with Chegg to post false answers to questions in attempts to get students to stop using it for homework

Shouldn't the fact that your university has to put effort into thwarting cheating on Chegg be evidence that cheating is a problem at your school?