I'm a bit intrigued as to why it's the only post that's generated any discussion in the six months or so I've been on this list.
Sara
>>> Richard Price 01/04/10 1:32 >>>
Hi to those who responded to the email detailing recent activity on
Academia.edu,
I apologize to those of you who thought of this email as spam, or did
not appreciate receiving it. Some members enjoy receiving quick email
updates just to show a couple quick stats and recent activity about
Academia and the mailing list. It is meant to be more of a newsletter
that's sent every other month or so. Once again I'm very sorry to
those who did not like it, we certainly didn't mean to annoy people as
that would be the last intention; we won't send another one.
Best,
Dan
Academia.edu support
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 8:57 AM, David Morgan wrote:
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> I examined the possibility of listing myself on Academic.edu, but it turns out that our area is fractured across no less than 25 separate "Research Interests". In addition to all those different sub-areas, there is also a lot of overlap within disciplinary headings, such as the 3 interests listed in Psychology (Qualitative Studies, Qualitative Research Methods, and Application of Qualitative Methods in Psychology).
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> I learned all this when I searched their Research Interests site on the word "qualitative", so I could determine to list myself. It was a frustrating experience,and I wrote them an email about this problem but did not get a useful response.
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> My overall sense is that these so-called Research Interests amount to a "forest where anyone can plant a tree". Until the site as a whole cleans up it act, I wouldn't waste my time on it.
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> David Morgan
> University Professor
> Portland State University
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> Of course it works in practice, but will it work in theory?
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