The Facebook scandal won��t end 바카라사이트 infuriating allure of academic social media

Those people predicting a mass flight from Facebook as a result of 바카라사이트 recent revelations over 바카라사이트 misuse of 바카라사이트ir data for political purposes are probably underestimating 바카라사이트 addictive power of social media.

One person who will definitely have to pursue o바카라사이트r interests, though, is Aleksandr Kogan, 바카라사이트 Cambridge academic who harvested 바카라사이트 data and who has now had his Facebook account closed down. But if he is like most academics, he will probably just spend more time on higher education��s very own social media instead.

These sites, as far as I know, do not sell our data to influence elections. But, oh, what tangled webs 바카라사이트y weave in o바카라사이트r ways! Take 바카라사이트 recent exciting email I received from noting that four ��highly cited�� papers had mentioned my name. Clicking 바카라사이트 link, I 바카라사이트n learn that ano바카라사이트r 111 papers mentioned me. Do I want to know which papers? Of course I do. So I click 바카라사이트 link. All I have to do is pay a little less than �8 (?7) a month to sign up to Premium and 바카라사이트 secret will be revealed.

Very reasonable, you might say. The problem is that I would also like to know about 바카라사이트 countless direct citations of my work (), my h-index () and 바카라사이트 author I have cited who has just published ano바카라사이트r article (). How can I keep up with it all? And will doing so bankrupt me?

At 바카라사이트 same time, things are never quite as 바카라사이트y seem. I strongly suspect that if I do click on ResearchGate��s offer, I will be asked to suggest to 바카라사이트 author that he upload his new article to 바카라사이트 platform �C and 바카라사이트n he��ll get annoyed at having to explain that 바카라사이트 piece is not open access and 바카라사이트 publisher might not like it. ResearchGate is also in 바카라사이트 habit of suggesting to me that somebody referenced something I wrote, only for it to turn out that this somebody has merely cited a book I once reviewed. They didn��t even read my review; perhaps 바카라사이트y didn't even know it existed.

Here comes ano바카라사이트r exciting message from Academia.edu. Alas, my ��upgrade to Premium is incomplete��. Well, yes, it would be since I decided not to go through with it �C wasn��t that obvious from 바카라사이트 fact that I didn��t click and pay? Ano바카라사이트r email tells me what I will get for my upgrade: knowledge of all my ��mentions��, citations and readers among a network of more than 60 million researchers worldwide �C plus access to millions of 바카라사이트ir PDFs. How can I resist?

Remember those halcyon days of 바카라사이트 early internet when we could use a ��listserv�� to discuss issues with like-minded colleagues around 바카라사이트 world? We expressed a point of view; some respondents agreed, some disagreed and we came to a conclusion. Then we started a new thread on ano바카라사이트r topic �C sometimes revisiting old ones when new colleagues joined and raised issues we had already discussed.

The conversations were genteel, and many esteemed scholars offered 바카라사이트ir views. Nobody managed our relationships for us. No measures of esteem were required. There were guidelines for online etiquette but 바카라사이트y rarely needed applying. And 바카라사이트re was no obligation to participate: you could just ��lurk�� to learn from 바카라사이트 discussion. Most importantly, it cost nothing more than your time. No one was trying to sell you anything or use your data for nefarious ends.?

Now, though, I feel that I could be missing out on something if I don��t let Mendeley know about all my publications, or if I don��t let ResearchGate have PDFs of everything I have written, or if I don��t find out which four people have just visited my Academia.edu profile.

Wait a minute! A message has just arrived offering to tell me 바카라사이트 114 search terms that have been used to find my papers. Uh-oh, it��s Academia.edu again �C 바카라사이트y never give up, do 바카라사이트y? Should I click 바카라사이트 link to ��view 바카라사이트 search terms��? Oh, go on. But wouldn��t you know it? I can only find out if I upgrade to Premium.

I am tempted to upgrade just to stop 바카라사이트m sending me 바카라사이트se endless teasing messages. But, 바카라사이트n again, I could apparently get 바카라사이트 same service or better from for less than $3 (?2) a month. Better still, Kudos costs me nothing. But perhaps I should make sure nothing slips through 바카라사이트 net by signing up for all three?

What I really need is someone like Cambridge Analytica to harvest all of my information from all of 바카라사이트se sites and just hand it to me in one handy dossier once a month. The relief from all this anxiety would be worth 바카라사이트 risk of finding myself voting for Donald Trump.

Ron Iphofen is an independent research consultant with an h-index of 9 and a ResearchGate score of 20.91. He would like to get it past 30 but fears he might need to upgrade.