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It does say. Small staff of 1.5 people paid by philanthropist...
by brohee 10y ago
It does say. Small staff of 1.5 people paid by philanthropist...
- JadeNB 10y agoAh, thanks. In that case, it's hard to see what lessons should be drawn by other journals, other than "try to win the favour of a rich donor". (Even "have a small staff" doesn't seem useful, given the near-0 incoming funds from publishing, until the rich donor is attracted.) To be clear, I don't mean to knock this journal! It is good to see the response to sufficient funding being ethical behaviour, rather than more money grubbing.
- Mz 10y agoFuller quote: The staff is 1.5 full-time employees — whose salaries are paid for by donations from individuals and philanthropies — and a cadre of volunteers. This totally provides some idea of how to do this well. With things like Patreon, it is absolutely not necessary to first find a rich donor. In fact, I would be leery of depending too much on a single rich donor as that is another potential source of bias if, at some point, the rich donor decides they don't like something.