Danah boyd publishes an article in a locked-down journal and then experiences a sense of regret. The result is this article, in which she advocates an academic boycott of lock-down journals. Not all agree, including Anne Galloway, who finds boyd's post "naive at best, and offensive at worst." For my own part, I agree with boyd, and thus find myself at odds with the research blogging movement. I don't link to lock-down journals in this newsletter, and for the most part don't deal with them at all. I don't link to things people can't access. And I don't think they're very useful - the papers, in general, aren't very good and the selection system is not reliable. And - to take it a bit further - I question whether those who mostly publish in lock-down journals really 'get' what the web is all about. But that's all personal. People can make their own decisions. I welcome danah boyd over here to the good side, but caution, don't expect a rush. Most academics (in my experience) simply don't care.
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