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by OutOfHere 97 days ago
With 300K for the CEO, its enshittification will commence imminently. It will now serve to maximize revenue. Just wait and watch while they issue a premium membership, payment requirements for authors, and other revenue generators to please their investors.
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exe34 97 days ago
they'll just turn into a shitty journal at this point, they just need to introduce peer review and they can start competing with the real journals on price point.

another will need to rise to take its place.

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OutOfHere 97 days ago
> they'll just turn into a shitty journal at this point

To this end, they added an endorsement requirement this year: https://blog.arxiv.org/2026/01/21/attention-authors-updated-...

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