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From: HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb>
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Subject: Academia.edu
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2024 13:01:53 -0700
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On 1/26/2024 7:45 PM, Peter Moylan wrote:
> It's been a while since I've mentioned the organisation called Academia.
> Maybe there are lurkers here who would benefit from a warning. The web
> site academia.edu claims "Academia.edu is a place to share and follow
> research". That sounds respectable, but its record for accuracy is
> really bad.
> 
> I regularly get e-mail from them saying
> <quote>
> Download your PDF Package for "Julius Caesar"
> You viewed the paper "Julius Caesar". Download your next PDF with PDF
> Package.
> </quote>
> 
> (I see these messages whenever I'm cleaning up my spam folder.)
> 
> To the best of my knowledge I have never viewed a paper called "Julius
> Caesar", at academia.edu or elsewhere. Either they are targeting people
> randomly, or their information is grossly faulty. Either way, that's not
> good enough. Do not trust them.
> 


they (Academia.edu) never makes that mistake  in  their  emails to me.