Post #818212
2025-09-17 22:07 UTC
If you still have an account on academia.edu, you should probably delete it.
I'm not sure how their new terms are legal: they give the site the right to use your data *in any manner*. This is mainly to help them scrape academic work and republish/mangle parts of it through AI without credit: but these terms go way beyond that into your likeness, your voice, even your signature.
Please boost this to academics you know. Further PSA elements in thread:
#academia #science #history #universities
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@JubalBarca@scholar.social 2025-09-17 22:14
Further PSA 1, how to do account deletion on Academia.edu without agreeing to the new terms of service on the way: If you want to delete your account, open academia.edu, do NOT click accept to the new terms, but instead click "privacy policy". You can then go to the top left dropdown menu with your name on it, click "account settings", scroll to the bottom of the page, and there's the account deletion option. You can even leave them a little note if you want though I doubt they'll read it.
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@robhughes@scholar.social 2025-09-18 12:49
@JubalBarca I just deleted my academia.edu account (or at least I think I did).