From:  Jim O'Donnell <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2017 19:30:53 -0500

"A nonprofit scholarly networking and publishing platform is being
planned as an alternative to for-profit platforms such as ResearchGate
and Academia.edu.

"The platform, called ScholarlyHub, will be member-run, but first its
team must raise 500,000 euros ($579,705) to build it.

"The project is led by Guy Geltner, a professor of medieval history at
the University of Amsterdam, who once was an avid user of
Academia.edu, but who said he developed concerns about how his work or
metadata collected on him might be used by for-profit companies."

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https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/11/09/scholars-plan-nonprofit-alternative-researchgate#.WgRqfFttR-s.twitter