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it's too bad half the links cited in this article say (paywall) behind them. /rant
by brianbreslin 13y ago
it's too bad half the links cited in this article say (paywall) behind them. /rant
- thehigherlife 13y agoIt's too bad on a site that exists for upstarts and tech minded folk looking for a way to monetize their projects people complain that good interesting content costs money. /rant
- gwern 13y agoThe links to research we are talking about (as opposed to journalists trying to summarize research for pop sci books) is stuff whose production is funded almost entirely by entities like governments and charities, and where the 'publisher' does not do much but enjoy exorbitant profit margins thanks to paywalls. If the publishers and their paywalls disappeared overnight, Open Access would pick up the slack pretty well. So no, monetizing is not really necessary here.
- brianbreslin 13y agoi actually would be happy to pay for content, no one has managed to build a seamless way of doing it though.
- wil421 13y agoWhile I am glad they included (paywall), any news article or blog entry that uses sources behind a paywall should rethink using those sources. When I read an article I like to look at the sources they use to determine if the information seems valid to me.
- josephby 13y ago...and then you can depend on the kindness of strangers to fund that wonderful journalism.