Yes, the effect of the DDOS is the increase in cost to the review step in their curation process. At the risk of stating the obvious: If costs go up, they real

Yes, the effect of the DDOS is the increase in cost to the review step in their curation process. At the risk of stating the obvious: If costs go up, they really only have four ways to react: * find a way to reduce those costs (e.g. automated detection, crowd moderation, allow everything through, allow only trusted authors through); * absorb the costs (keep the same process, employ more people/spend more time); * pass on the costs e.g. pay to submit, pay more for the publication; * Close shop. What I think will be most interesting to see play out is how much people are willing to pay for quality curation. If the rise of GPT and friends means infinite media, trusted curation become ever more valuable.