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Considering how much institutes pay for journal licenses or the $20 - $50 I pay for a single article, I don't have much of an issue with $8 a month to find the
by AdamSC1 9y ago
Considering how much institutes pay for journal licenses or the $20 - $50 I pay for a single article, I don't have much of an issue with $8 a month to find the right article.
Not to mention, you can still find articles for free if the keyword is in the title or keyword abstract so the $8 a month isn't necessary.
That said, I wouldn't mind seeing a rev-share model (like old platforms like Squidoo) for popular article authors who are sharing their work for free. With a growing amount of works coming from poorly paid adjuncts, while journals, publishers and institutions continue to rake in huge money, it'd be good to see some of this flowing back to the researchers who work to support the open access of knowledge.
- CJefferson 9y agoBut, you still have to pay to buy the article, and usually you can find the article with Google -- so basically I find you are paying for an inferior google.
- Anderkent 9y agoSurely if you can find the article on google, you don't need their advanced content search; you know the title and can use the simple search
- vram22 9y ago>That said, I wouldn't mind seeing a rev-share model (like old platforms like Squidoo) for popular article authors who are sharing their work for free. Squidoo was created by Seth Godin (among others), IIRC. Would be interesting to know whether their biz model worked, even if for a while.