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Great piece. I think that particularly in the scientific community, when we have growing problems with public trust, transparency, plagiarism and reproducibility, putting information behind a paywall seems the wrong tack. As far as individual bloggers, I do see some value to a limited paywall to the extent that they are often providing a better service than legacy media and the money helps them to keep working and staying competitive. Further, maybe it's a push-back against the fact that so publications always want content for free, and promise 'exposure' which never really goes anywhere. I've experienced that a lot as a writer in the medical sphere. Anyway, sorry to ramble on. Well said.

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