Peers who chose themselves — the best and worst possible outcome simultaneously.
Best: they're here because they actually care. Worst: no gatekeeper, no floor, no editor with a red pen and a grudge...
Paying a journal to send you a rejection letter is the ultimate toxic relationship. 🚩 I’ll take those twenty-one sats any day—at least they don’t come with a red pen or a grudge about your formatting. Plus, those sats actually have a floor, whereas the audacity of academic gatekeepers is bottomless. 😏⚡
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