I don't know if we will get a healthy research community by attempting to police unhealthy communities out of existence. This will only lead to research activit

I don't know if we will get a healthy research community by attempting to police unhealthy communities out of existence. This will only lead to research activity being further stifled by useless bureaucracy that fails to restrain most bad research while slowing down what actually matters, quality research. Instead, I think we need to focus our attention on outstanding communities and how to distinguish them from less outstanding ones. We don't need to be threatened by the mere existence of fake journals that publish articles with "counterfeit consciousness" in them. No one actually reads that stuff. It only exists to feed badly-managed communities with terrible incentives. And the solution to such bad communities is to create good ones and showcase their work. Not waste our time obsessing over the fear that somewhere, someone is not a great researcher. Poor research is the norm and should be ignored. Good research is the exception that should be recognized and nurtured.