[IRTalk] A social network is not an open access repository

[Nason Bimbe]

A social network has something called a 'social graph'[1] which underpins
the way it handles relationships between users of the platform based on
some interest.  Both  academia and research gate operates in that manner
and it is their main use case.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_graph

On 8 September 2016 at 13:51, Gibson, Hilton <hgibson at sun.ac.za> <
hgibson at sun.ac.za> wrote:

> Thats odd... why do they classify academia and research gate as social
> networks?
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> Hilton Gibson
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> *A social networking site is not an open access repository*
> http://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/2015/12/a-social-networking-
> site-is-not-an-open-access-repository/
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> [image: Table comparing repositories to scholarly collaboration networks]
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