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@icesheetmike @VictorVenema @FrankSonntag @steve

Possibly relevant to this point, a couple weeks ago the account creation page on fediscience was updated to ask for links to publications.

Before that, it was a less specific request to explain why you should be allowed to join a community for academics.

Not sure if the underlying policy actually changed, but asking for links likely makes it seem less welcoming to students and others without publications.

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Victor Venema

@RARohde The policy did not change. But the high percentage of cases where we had to write emails to ask for clarifications dropped substantially, which was very welcome.

Also the still very high percentage of signups that do not give a publication list have started writing more informative applications on their studies or the labs where they do their thesis.

The previous longer text was mostly ignored as fine print not to be read.

@icesheetmike @FrankSonntag @steve

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