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The "soft" paywall is best embodied by the metered model. The metered paywall allows users to view a specific number of articles before requiring paid subscription. [25] In contrast to sites allowing access to select content outside the paywall, the metered paywall allows access to any article as long as the user has not surpassed the set limit.
A pig butchering scam (in Chinese sha zhu pan [2] or shazhupan, [3] (Chinese: ĉçŞç), translated as killing pig game) [1] is a type of long-term scam and investment fraud in which the victim is gradually lured into making increasing contributions, usually in the form of cryptocurrency, to a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme.
Open irony refers to the situation where a scholarly journal article advocates open access but the article itself is only accessible by paying a fee to the journal publisher to read the article. [ 233 ] [ 234 ] [ 235 ] This has been noted in many fields, with more than 20 examples appearing since around 2010, including in widely-read journals ...
CNN, one of the most popular news websites in the world, is starting to ask some of its visitors to pay $3.99 a month for access. On Tuesday, the news organization is laying the first bricks in a ...
Here's everything to know about the increasing fees aimed at tourists and how they will impact your travel.
Alongside questioning the legality of the extensive use of microtransactions, some gamers have also questioned the morality and ethics of selling microtransactions, especially to children. Researchers have studied the natural psychology behind both the selling and purchase of microtransactions.
Paywall: The Business of Scholarship is a 2018 American documentary film directed by Jason Schmitt.It documents the high profits and business practices of the academic publishing industry and the efforts of the open access movement to reform it.
Psychobabble (a portmanteau of "psychology" or "psychoanalysis" and "babble") is a derogatory name for therapy speech or writing that uses psychological jargon, buzzwords, and esoteric language to create an impression of truth or plausibility. The term implies that the speaker or writer lacks the experience and understanding necessary for the ...