Based on our record, Academia.edu should be more popular than Ko-fi. It has been mentiond 185 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
In terms of getting hold of these books and articles, this thread provides some useful (and legal) tips and some links provided in this thread, u/PhiloSpo also works to highlight open access works. Libraries are always an invaluable tool to recommend and can help you get hold of books, for me jstor.org with 100 articles a month on a free account, academia.edu has free papers have been very useful as a platform.... Source: 7 months ago
I've found a lot of free articles on patristics/saints at academia.edu over the years. Source: 8 months ago
PS: Dear MODs, if it's not appropriate for this sub, sorry to disturb, just delete this massage. (I got used to situation when subs delete my wish to share my ideas. Considering link to my reddit sub as something forbidden to share. For those who might think that my book is "schizophrenic nonsense" I disagree, as a trusted representatives of many scientific resources such as academia.edu, ssrn.com revised and... Source: 10 months ago
The problem here is that academia.edu is not perse a place where authors will upload their papers; it rather functions as a large academic PDF exchange. I have messaged the uploader a while back, but have not received a response. Source: 12 months ago
Available on the free tier at academia.edu. Source: 12 months ago
Doing necessary work. How can I sponsor or otherwise provide fiat for this work? https://buymeacoffee.com/, etc. - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago
A few alternatives for micro donations that people have mentioned: https://ko-fi.com/ https://github.com/sponsors https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ Any others, let me know. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago
I still have to try https://ci-en.net/, https://slushe.com/, https://ko-fi.com/, https://catbox.moe/, I heard they were possible good alternatives. But I couldn't say, dunno yet. Source: 7 months ago
I did, however, remember another crowdfunding platform that may be the best of both worlds here (second highest voted so far being Patreon). Ko-fi: it offers both monthly and one-time donations as well as a store where we could sell things like early access keys or things like that. Their fees are very low as well, capping out at 5%. Source: 7 months ago
With everything going on with Patreon lately that's probably why I've suddenly started hearing about Ko-fi this year. Source: 7 months ago
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