Academia.edu As an Intellectual’s Facebook

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Clarissa

January 28, 2015

For the very first time ever, my academia.edu profile has had a visitor from Ukraine:

Freaky! I wish this mysterious person got in touch.

I’m getting heavily into academia.edu these days. It’s turning into quite a useful website for academic articles and books one can use for research. Academia.edu is like an intellectual’s version of Facebook. I hated it at first (because my psychological rigidity often gets the better of me) but now I’m beginning to see its uses.

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9 responses to “Academia.edu As an Intellectual’s Facebook”

Evelina Anville

January 28, 2015

I love academia.edu. It has allowed me to circulate my work more widely, got in me touch with some high profile academics, and even resulted in an opportunity for me that I wouldn’t have otherwise have had. I think it’s awesome. (But I also like facebook–though my FB is very very private and only for close friends/family.)

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J. Otto Pohl

January 28, 2015

I have had a total of 28 visits from Ukraine on my academia.edu page of which 2 have been in the last 30 days.

https://universityofghana.academia.edu/OttoPohl

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1. Clarissa
  
  January 28, 2015
  
  I’m not surprised that there are people in Ukraine who would find your research relevant. But mine? That’s just weird.
  
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  1. Clarissa
    
    January 28, 2015
    
    Did you see the little Ghana flags from my profile? They are coming to me via you. 🙂
    
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    1. J. Otto Pohl
      
      January 28, 2015
      
      I see the Ghanaian flags. I actually don’t get many Ghanaian hits. I have had a total of 54 of which 11 are in the last 30 days. My top five countries this month are the US, Canada, Germany, Russia, and Argentia or the five nations that combined have most of the world’s population of Russian-German ancestry.
      
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David P. Bellamy

January 28, 2015

I belong to what appears to be a similar site called ResearchGate. Maybe it is specifically for STEM fields? I am not sure.

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leahladygrey

January 28, 2015

How far along in your academic career do you have to be to get one? I’m fed up with Facebook and looking for an alternative.

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1. Evelina Anville
  
  January 29, 2015
  
  You can get a profile at any time. It’s actually a great way for graduate students to connect with more established academics (or at least I think it is.) I have graduate students from different countries following me and I in turn follow them. I would say it’s more like an academic LinkedIn than it’s like Facebook. But I think that it can only help you to join. As far I can see, there isn’t really a downside. 🙂
  
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Jones

January 28, 2015

Or someone’s using Tor?

[looks around for any Secret Squirrels who might be nearby]

Just a thought. 🙂

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