Association of body mass index with mortality
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Re: Association of body mass index with mortality
#2Actual link (full text article available for free)-- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-022-01211-2 .
oa.mg appears to be some sort of search aggregator that wants you to buy the article for $17 even though it's open access (freely available).
Re: Association of body mass index with mortality
#3The link should be changed to the DOI or a direct link to the journal article:
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-022-01211-2
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-022-01211-2
Not sure why OP linked to this index. The article is Open Access, yet this intermediary site has a prominent "Buy article PDF →" link at the top which tries to sell it for $17. OA.mg seems like some kind of scam.
Re: Association of body mass index with mortality
#4Actual link (full text article available for free)-- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-022-01211-2 . oa.mg appears to be some sort of search aggregator that wants you to buy the article for $17 even though it's open access (freely available).
Lol, is that even legal?
Re: Association of body mass index with mortality
#5The link should be changed to the DOI or a direct link to the journal article: - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-022-01211-2 - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-022-01211-2 Not sure why OP linked to this index. The article is Open Access, yet this intermediary site has a prominent "Buy article PDF →" link at the top which tries to sell it for $17. OA.mg seems like some kind of scam.
89% of the OP's comments contain a link to oa.mg
So do most of their recent submissions. Presumably they have a vested interest in oa.mg selling access to papers.
They previously linked to citationsy.com which came from the same team.
Re: Association of body mass index with mortality
#6Actual link (full text article available for free)-- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-022-01211-2 . oa.mg appears to be some sort of search aggregator that wants you to buy the article for $17 even though it's open access (freely available).
Sounds like a good reason to perhaps literally ban links to oa.mg on HN?
Re: Association of body mass index with mortality
#7Actual link (full text article available for free)-- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-022-01211-2 . oa.mg appears to be some sort of search aggregator that wants you to buy the article for $17 even though it's open access (freely available).
Lol, is that even legal?
Yeah, unfortunately.
Repackaging and selling free stuff is a business model that is hundreds of years old.
Occasionally, it's worth it, as the repackaging may come with some help understanding the material, or help in organizing it.
Re: Association of body mass index with mortality
#8The link should be changed to the DOI or a direct link to the journal article: - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-022-01211-2 - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-022-01211-2 Not sure why OP linked to this index. The article is Open Access, yet this intermediary site has a prominent "Buy article PDF →" link at the top which tries to sell it for $17. OA.mg seems like some kind of scam.
89% of the OP's comments contain a link to oa.mg So do most of their recent submissions. Presumably they have a vested interest in oa.mg selling access to papers. They previously linked to citationsy.com which came from the same team.
One would think the guideline applies here:
> Please submit the original source. If a post reports on something found on another site, submit the latter.
Re: Association of body mass index with mortality
#9Actual link (full text article available for free)-- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-022-01211-2 . oa.mg appears to be some sort of search aggregator that wants you to buy the article for $17 even though it's open access (freely available).
Lol, is that even legal?
Well, water is free, and yet it's sold in bottles.
And I can sell you any GPL program I got for free, if you're willing to buy it...
Re: Association of body mass index with mortality
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
89% of the OP's comments contain a link to oa.mg So do most of their recent submissions. Presumably they have a vested interest in oa.mg selling access to papers. They previously linked to citationsy.com which came from the same team.
One would think the guideline applies here: > Please submit the original source. If a post reports on something found on another site, submit the latter. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
I would think so. And as far as the way this user is using their account and HN
> Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to post your own stuff occasionally, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity.
(Of course by saying so, I'm breaking the guideline on insinuating the user is shilling.)