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Re:Sci-Hub: Public access to research papers by wallflower on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @05:30AM (#15540341)
I think it is evidence that there a lot more new HN users than old HN users now. I'm not saying this is good or bad, just an observation.
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Re:Sci-Hub: Public access to research papers by dogruck on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @05:48AM (#15540422)
Interesting. Any way to get data on active new user numbers over time?

Regardless, Sci-Hub launched in 2011 and has been frequently discussed in the media since then.

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Re:Sci-Hub: Public access to research papers by stevemclaugh on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @03:08PM (#15544330)
The only data we have are the 2015-16 download logs posted by Elbakyan and a reporter for 'Science.' At the time they had 28 million+ downloads over 6 months. I truly hope no more logs are released (at least not with that level of detail).
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