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		bro_thebro on May 7, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Walkout at global science journal over ‘unethical’... The analogy you made using Louis Vuitton handbags is fairly weak. Louis Vouitton handbags are prestigious because they're expensive. If the time comes where Louis Vuitton handbags are given free of charge to any Tom, Dick, or Harry, Louis Vuitton loses its prestige. On the other hand, successfully publishing in a prestigious journal, would still be prestigious even if it was done for free.

anonymouskimmer on May 7, 2023 [–]

> On the other hand, successfully publishing in a prestigious journal, would still be prestigious even if it was done for free.

As long as the prestigious journal doesn't balloon to a million pages per issue.

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