Update. The French 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 (#cnrs) is canceling the #webofscience and encouraging its affiliates to use #OpenAlex. It cancelled #scopus last year.
https://www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cnrs-breaking-free-web-science

#clarivate #elsevier #france #opensource #wos

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@rwg
Along those lines, there's also the indispensable “participant observation.”
Also, throw in as splash of fancy software (“analysis using NVivo” anyone?).

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@rwg
That particular methodology bingo card usually also includes “mixed methods” and “grounded theory.”

@dangillmor

I propose “grokesque” for word of the year.

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@driesverlinden
Well it's mostly their unashamed and unscrupulous repeated knee-bending (and active corruption, e.g. contributing to inauguration fund or to the vanity ballroom…) of the new regime in the US. They used to stand apart by promoting inclusivity, protecting privacy, etc. They […]

“It is simply too risky to count on just a few platforms to invent our future. Yet that is the bet we are making by sitting back and letting Google, Amazon and Facebook dominate.
Making matters worse, the platform-extraction model is now spreading from tech to other economic sectors.
(…)
An […]

@tomjennings @jeppe @pluralistic
I get your point. I make it a goal to prefer local, honest, respectful outlets, but we lack ressources to find them (because we can't trust search engines or AI). I really miss the “directories” and the “rings” of the early days of the internet. They were […]

@jeppe @pluralistic
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