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What is it like to attend a predatory conference? (www.nature.com)

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[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 8 points 3 months ago (3 children)

How does one get into a situation where they attend a predatory conference? Isn’t it not that difficult to know what the big conferences are in your field?

[–] flyos@jlai.lu 7 points 3 months ago

I guess it only requires a few "recommendable" people to get lured into those conferences just because the occasion made them lower their guard (like Loren in the article). Add to that some people just fake-attending for the CV or the occasion to travel to touristy destination, and you can make quite a few bucks for a relatively low investment, I guess? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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