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further down, the author in question says he supports sci-hub and is happy to see it linked so that more people can read his work. he was just surprised that so

further down, the author in question says he supports sci-hub and is happy to see it linked so that more people can read his work. he was just surprised that someone would post a link so blatantly to a pirate site. on the other hand, he says that he knows researchers who would be upset by this but doesn't give their rationale.

sillysaurus3 9y ago
Yeah, I should've clarified that I was curious about the people he mentioned. Researchers contribute some of the most valuable comments to HN, so mainly I wanted to avoid making them feel unwelcome. If linking to sci-hub ends up shooing them off HN, it's not worth the cost. It seems like the sentiment is in the other direction, though. Maybe most researchers don't care.