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Predatory journals do not know how to handle April Fool's Day papers (like this one https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.29324) on the arxiv...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/88c99435-547d-4df3-a67b-a7ac99522d22/hahahahaRSS for NodeWed, 22 Apr 2026 20:19:22 GMTSun, 12 Apr 2026 18:57:01 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to HAHAHAHA on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:25:49 GMT]]>@sloanlance all these sorts of journals charge Big Fees, pretending it's a great opportunity.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://typo.social/users/drj/statuses/116396441549565468https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://typo.social/users/drj/statuses/116396441549565468Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:25:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to HAHAHAHA on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:34:29 GMT]]>@sundogplanets reminds me of @ZachWeinersmith 's BAHFest

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/dmetzgar/statuses/116394588194885418https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/dmetzgar/statuses/116394588194885418Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:34:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to HAHAHAHA on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:28:13 GMT]]>@gnarf @winniehell @sundogplanets Arxiv sometimes surprises browsers with encodings as part of their pipeline. I don’t know if they preserve the author’s encoding on the entry form or parse it from the LaTeX submission.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/Arpie4Math/statuses/116394563567636323https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/Arpie4Math/statuses/116394563567636323Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:28:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to HAHAHAHA on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:24:34 GMT]]>@sloanlance @sundogplanets

This is more of a sales pitch than opportunity.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/Arpie4Math/statuses/116394549192568944https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/Arpie4Math/statuses/116394549192568944Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:24:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to HAHAHAHA on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:48:54 GMT]]>@sundogplanets 〙s

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116352254831008129/statuses/116394173010284605https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116352254831008129/statuses/116394173010284605Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:48:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to HAHAHAHA on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:23:25 GMT]]>@sundogplanets The ’️ is just icing on the cake

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://jawns.club/users/vees/statuses/116394072845857586https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://jawns.club/users/vees/statuses/116394072845857586Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:23:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to HAHAHAHA on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:33:56 GMT]]>@sundogplanets
Seems like a simple solution: Publish it. Teach them a lesson.

PS: Not surprised they're clueless. They can't even get punctuation correct in the message they sent you.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sloanlance/statuses/116393878269806902https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sloanlance/statuses/116393878269806902Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:33:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to HAHAHAHA on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:33:32 GMT]]>@winniehell @sundogplanets These mails have tons of broken unicode characters, they also love to replace usual characters with obscure ones that look similar. Probably to avoid spam filters, take a look at the words "published", "reviewer" or "journal". And you get this spam the moment your first paper with a publicly scrapable mail address hits the internet 😄

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/gnarf/statuses/116393876652511642https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/gnarf/statuses/116393876652511642Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:33:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to HAHAHAHA on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:51:02 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

Looks like a solid nominee for an Ignobel Prize.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Brentguernsey/statuses/116393709598659931https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Brentguernsey/statuses/116393709598659931Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:51:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to HAHAHAHA on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:28:11 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Feeling slightly unappreciated because it's been ages since I got an invitation to submit to a fake journal that starts with, "Dear Esteemed..."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://glitterkitten.co.uk/users/theplaguedoc/statuses/116393619743216189https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://glitterkitten.co.uk/users/theplaguedoc/statuses/116393619743216189Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:28:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to HAHAHAHA on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:14:14 GMT]]>@sundogplanets with bonus text encoding errors!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/cinebox/statuses/116393564837022867https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/cinebox/statuses/116393564837022867Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:14:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to HAHAHAHA on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:22:05 GMT]]>@winniehell @sundogplanets It's often a stand in for fonts that don't have the emdash, —.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://phpc.social/users/derickr/statuses/116393359804976444https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://phpc.social/users/derickr/statuses/116393359804976444Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:22:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to HAHAHAHA on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:14:02 GMT]]>@sundogplanets
Good to see you can laugh as well as scream!

Must be being back with the goats.

Spherical goats do deflate!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/raymaccarthy/statuses/116393328140004097https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/raymaccarthy/statuses/116393328140004097Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:14:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to HAHAHAHA on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:11:26 GMT]]>@sundogplanets artificial-not-intelligent, or A!I

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://drupal.community/users/Klara/statuses/116393317912409559https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://drupal.community/users/Klara/statuses/116393317912409559Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:11:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to HAHAHAHA on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:10:33 GMT]]>@sundogplanets I wonder where the  comes from 🤔

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.de/users/winniehell/statuses/116393314433348675https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.de/users/winniehell/statuses/116393314433348675Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:10:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to HAHAHAHA on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:02:00 GMT]]>@Chigaze I get these all the time for papers that I've actually published. Which... doesn't make any sense. But it's way funnier when even the paper title is an obvious silly joke!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116393280823113311https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116393280823113311Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:02:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to HAHAHAHA on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:00:27 GMT]]>@sundogplanets I’d bet they’re using some AI to scan papers and automatically generate these. AI definitely can’t tell the difference.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116274797274577715/statuses/116393274704979117https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116274797274577715/statuses/116393274704979117Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:00:27 GMT