(scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org): Of all the plays in Web 2. 0 space, the one with what appears to be real workflow utility has been the notion of publisher linking networks like Connotea and 2Collab. They promised to make it easier to file research, discover related research, and engage in discussions about common research interests. Elsevier’s 2Collab has ceased accepting new users because the high level of spam was making it difficult to serve users. Also, a recent tweet from Matthew Todd, in which Todd complained about spam in Connotea’s RSS feeds, finishing with “Does anyone still even work there?”, suggest that publisher linking networks may be choking to death on spam.
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