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Re:Citation cartels help mathematicians–and their universiti... by Sirizarry on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @08:05AM (#39203262)
I’ve never been a part of academia but I know it’s been fraught with all sorts of fraud for the last few decades (maybe forever idk) but this is a new type of weirdness to me. Is anything trustworthy is that space?
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Re:Citation cartels help mathematicians–and their universiti... by User3456335 on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @09:36AM (#39204287)
It's not really fraud though. If we get paid to upvote each other, the problem is not that we upvote each other but that there's someone paying us to do so.
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