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You raise an interesting issue. If we can accept that substantive scientists vary in their involvement in self-marketing, does the degree one engages in popular self-marketing affe…

The tossout of “open science” and “open tools” without any explanation is a red flag. Translation: “we’re looking for people who might be convinced to work for free if we promise t…

This would and should be terrifying to any mid-career academic. The last thing needed is a complicated solution that solves no direct problem, YET offers plenty of "metrics" that o…

Voluntary basis? You're an optimist, I see.

I had a similar reaction. When you combine this concept with some of the fringe open science silliness, you are essentially telling scholars (what and how) they must share, AND (wh…

The phenomena are related, though. One could argue that the social sciences, with greater latitude in definitions of measurement and thresholds for statistical significance, had be…

True, but whatever mechanism takes its place must contend with the fact that users vary in the extent they: 1) actively think of the larger community vs. themselves as a member; an…

At least no games with underlying dynamics you would like to share, and I say that with a grin. The discussion of moderation policies and topics in posting usually derive from a sh…

I can understand why Amazon would have strict thresholds on this content, as it seems like an easy target for abuse. If I'm reading you correctly, you were a bike enthusiast who ma…