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Offline Bill Spight
 Post subject: Academia.edu
Post #1 Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2016 2:48 pm 
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Does anybody know anything about academia.edu? I have received a couple of emails from them recently that appear to be stealth marketing, although it seems to be free at the moment. Thanks. :)

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Offline Monadology
 Post subject: Re: Academia.edu
Post #2 Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2016 5:19 pm 
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From my experience, it is basically an academic Facebook. Just like Facebook, there's a slimy side (Big Data and all that), but it's also free and there are some definite uses (folks can post papers, invite people to an online session to discuss or comment on a paper, things like that).

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Offline Bill Spight
 Post subject: Re: Academia.edu
Post #3 Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2016 6:38 pm 
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Monadology wrote:
From my experience, it is basically an academic Facebook. Just like Facebook, there's a slimy side (Big Data and all that), but it's also free and there are some definite uses (folks can post papers, invite people to an online session to discuss or comment on a paper, things like that).


Many thanks. :)

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Offline Bonobo
 Post subject: Re: Academia.edu
Post #4 Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2016 7:44 pm 
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FWIW, I have subscribed to one person’s publications there, never got any spam (unlike LinkedIn, which I have left meanwhile), I only get notifications of their new papers or updates to their papers.

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Offline Bill Spight
 Post subject: Re: Academia.edu
Post #5 Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2016 9:06 pm 
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Bonobo wrote:
FWIW, I have subscribed to one person’s publications there, never got any spam (unlike LinkedIn, which I have left meanwhile), I only get notifications of their new papers or updates to their papers.


Many thanks. :)

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Offline Revilo
 Post subject: Re: Academia.edu
Post #6 Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 1:10 am 
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I think it's legit. I registered there for research while I was working on my thesis. The only mail I ever got from them since then are notifications about folks visiting my profile.

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Offline Go_Japan
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Post #7 Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 1:53 am 
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I have an account on there, but I think I only updated it like once. I have to keep my info on other places anyway, though this one is actually quite a common search result. So, if you are on the market, it might be worth keeping it updated because people might easily find your info there searching your name.

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Offline Bill Spight
 Post subject: Re: Academia.edu
Post #8 Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2016 6:59 am 
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Revilo wrote:
I think it's legit. I registered there for research while I was working on my thesis. The only mail I ever got from them since then are notifications about folks visiting my profile.


Many thanks. :)

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Offline Bill Spight
 Post subject: Re: Academia.edu
Post #9 Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2016 7:00 am 
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Go_Japan wrote:
I have an account on there, but I think I only updated it like once. I have to keep my info on other places anyway, though this one is actually quite a common search result. So, if you are on the market, it might be worth keeping it updated because people might easily find your info there searching your name.


Many thanks. :)

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Offline Bill Spight
 Post subject: Re: Academia.edu
Post #10 Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2016 7:01 am 
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Thanks again to everyone. :) I think I have a pretty good picture now.

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