First of all, there already is a Facebook for academics...it's called Facebook.
Second, can't they at least learn from Facebook's example? They're having the same issue with singular/plural they:
Thursday, September 9, 2010
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I just subscribed to academia.edu which advertises itself as Facebook for academics.
First of all, there already is a Facebook for academics...it's called Facebook.
Second, can't they at least learn from Facebook's example? They're having the same issue with singular/plural they:
First of all, there already is a Facebook for academics...it's called Facebook.
Second, can't they at least learn from Facebook's example? They're having the same issue with singular/plural they:
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What's worse, academia.edu kept spamming various mailing lists, aksing users to subscribe to their "service".
How old is it? And are Noam Chomsky and Stephen Hawking really members?
I got the first spam from them 2 years ago.
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