Near the graduation season, a senior student in a university in Wuhan found that the free HowNet account provided by the school was stolen. After inquiry, I learned that the search opportunity attached to my account was sold as a commodity on the e-commerce platform.
The reporter searched for "duplicate checking of HowNet papers" on platforms such as e-commerce and found that a large number of websites and shops provide duplicate checking services. The price of a duplicate check ranges from a few yuan to thousands of yuan, and some shops sell more than 30 thousand pieces a month. The reporter also found that some shops have false propaganda, claiming that they can provide paper duplicate checking services, but in fact they are using fake Wang Zhi duplicate checking websites to deceive consumers.
The proportion of repetition rate is an important index to measure the originality of a paper. The original intention of the paper duplicate checking system is to take the duplicate checking result as an important criterion to judge whether the paper is qualified or not, thus effectively restricting academic misconduct. However, the frequent confusion in the paper has even become the "way to make money" for some people, but it is unexpected.
Some people's actions have been suspected of breaking the law. For example, stealing a free account of HowNet, the object of statutory theft includes both property interests and property. Stealing someone else's chance to check the weight is no different from stealing someone else's property. The paper is clearly marked with a price, and students who have been robbed of free opportunities have to pay for it. For another example, the website of Shanzhai Wang Zhi deceives consumers and is suspected of fraud. In case of the above behavior, alarm is the first choice.
Others wander in the "gray zone", such as operators selling duplicate checking services. The staff of the legal department of HowNet said, "HowNet does not provide testing services to individuals, and the testing of HowNet papers sold online is basically illegal."
For example, some account managers and customer service staff in some colleges and universities say that they have cooperation with colleges and universities, and the paper reuses the remaining test places in colleges and universities. Unless the agreement with HowNet is clear, the remaining test places can be transferred to a third party, otherwise it will constitute a breach of contract. The problem may lie in internal management, and there is likely to be interest transfer.
The evaluation mechanism of the paper needs to be changed moderately.
Although duplicate checking is important and necessary, the problems brought by the mechanization of duplicate checking system should also be examined. It is reported that in the process of duplicate checking, common concepts and proper nouns in many disciplines will be marked in red, and students have no choice but to "delete them when they see red".
When a paper needs to change the word order, synonym substitution and other "tricks" or even buy weight loss services online to pass the duplicate check, the evaluation mechanism of the paper also needs to be changed appropriately.