#paywalls — Public Fediverse posts

I like this idea for a #LettersToTheEditor #preprint server.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12109-025-10022-y

"Such a preprint server would offer three major benefits…: format-free ease of swift communication, increased author visibility and accountability, and avoiding the homelessness of unpublished [letters]."

PS: I've sent letters to journals that had policies not to publish them, but without saying so anywhere. Once I sent a letter to a new journal that had never received or published one and needed time to think about it. Right now #SocialMedia takes up this slack and does a pretty good job. But posting letters as preprints would give authors more space, prevent even published letters from languishing behind #paywalls, and offer better opportunities for #PIDs, #metadata, and #discoverability.

#ScholComm

Propaganda, die von Putin, von Rechtsextremen oder einem Herrn Reichelt produziert werden, bekommt man umsonst. Viele wichtige, aufklärende Inhalte befinden sich dagegen hinter Paywalls. Man muss dafür ein Abo abschließen. Nur die viel gescholtenen Öffentlich-Rechtlichen halten die Fahne der frei verfügbaren Information hoch. Quo vadis, Journalismus?

#Paywalls #Journalismus #Abonnements #Propaganda #ÖRR

http://stefanpfeiffer.blog/2024/04/10/propaganda-ist-kostenlos-gut-recherchierte-information-kostet-das-elend-der-paywalls/