Mark Dingemanse
@dingemansemark.bsky.social
Language, interaction, tech • Here with doubts about the next monetizable monopoly... • papers https://markdingemanse.net • blog https://ideophone.org • fedi https://scholar.social/@dingemansemark/ • POSSE: Publish on Own Site, Syndicate Everywhere
This is the full extent of the "peer review" an author got at a predatory journal published by ARC journals. "The paper, a unique study on Linguistics, is accepted."
January 16, 2026 at 6:43 PM
This is the full extent of the "peer review" an author got at a predatory journal published by ARC journals. "The paper, a unique study on Linguistics, is accepted."
TFW they ask you to include a table to account for every single of the precise 168 hours students will be expected to spend on this 6EC course
January 12, 2026 at 2:06 PM
TFW they ask you to include a table to account for every single of the precise 168 hours students will be expected to spend on this 6EC course
First response by chief editor in. Have to say, the reference to SpringerNature protocols is not all that promising because they've gond all in on"AI" (second image from group.springernature.com/gp/group/ai/...)
January 8, 2026 at 8:01 PM
First response by chief editor in. Have to say, the reference to SpringerNature protocols is not all that promising because they've gond all in on"AI" (second image from group.springernature.com/gp/group/ai/...)
3. Internally, someone from the India-based editorial team will be assigned the blame (screenshot from Chief Editor's LinkedIn).
4. They will NOT say who handled the paper and how many 'reviewers' there were.
5. There will be no consequences for the handling editor or the chief editor.
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4. They will NOT say who handled the paper and how many 'reviewers' there were.
5. There will be no consequences for the handling editor or the chief editor.
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January 8, 2026 at 5:23 PM
3. Internally, someone from the India-based editorial team will be assigned the blame (screenshot from Chief Editor's LinkedIn).
4. They will NOT say who handled the paper and how many 'reviewers' there were.
5. There will be no consequences for the handling editor or the chief editor.
3/3
4. They will NOT say who handled the paper and how many 'reviewers' there were.
5. There will be no consequences for the handling editor or the chief editor.
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1. They'll cling to the 'unedited version' caveat. As if missing bullshit, racism, and pseudoscience is a matter of just needing 'further editing'.
2. They'll throw the author under the bus for failing to disclose GenAI. As if non-disclosure is the problem instead of blatant AI slop.
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2. They'll throw the author under the bus for failing to disclose GenAI. As if non-disclosure is the problem instead of blatant AI slop.
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January 8, 2026 at 5:19 PM
1. They'll cling to the 'unedited version' caveat. As if missing bullshit, racism, and pseudoscience is a matter of just needing 'further editing'.
2. They'll throw the author under the bus for failing to disclose GenAI. As if non-disclosure is the problem instead of blatant AI slop.
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2. They'll throw the author under the bus for failing to disclose GenAI. As if non-disclosure is the problem instead of blatant AI slop.
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Re: the AI slop paper shared by @thomaspellard.bsky.social and @lameensouag.bsky.social, I wrote to the editors — will update when I get a reply, and will be following closely what they do.
Key point is that we should hold the *journal* accountable for this mess
I have a few predictions...
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Key point is that we should hold the *journal* accountable for this mess
I have a few predictions...
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January 8, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Re: the AI slop paper shared by @thomaspellard.bsky.social and @lameensouag.bsky.social, I wrote to the editors — will update when I get a reply, and will be following closely what they do.
Key point is that we should hold the *journal* accountable for this mess
I have a few predictions...
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Key point is that we should hold the *journal* accountable for this mess
I have a few predictions...
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Right? I think a key part must be that this @springernature.com journal is getting a huge surge in submissions and more and more of them get sent to 'friendly' or unexperienced editors who invite ditto reviewers. It might take only 2-3 people (one clueless editor, 1-2 clueless reviewers)?
January 8, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Right? I think a key part must be that this @springernature.com journal is getting a huge surge in submissions and more and more of them get sent to 'friendly' or unexperienced editors who invite ditto reviewers. It might take only 2-3 people (one clueless editor, 1-2 clueless reviewers)?
This paper is batshit insane. It also (of course) has A TON of bullshit references that do not exist. Hey @springernature.com retract this AI slop and fire the editor that let it pass. There is evidently no review or quality assurance process in place at this journal.
January 8, 2026 at 11:20 AM
This paper is batshit insane. It also (of course) has A TON of bullshit references that do not exist. Hey @springernature.com retract this AI slop and fire the editor that let it pass. There is evidently no review or quality assurance process in place at this journal.
Re: the Grok 'apology', already in 2023 we wrote that LLMs are devoid of social accountability so that an apology-shaped string of output tokens is meaningless doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
we should hold makers accountable for what their text and image generators spit out
we should hold makers accountable for what their text and image generators spit out
![Whether following predesigned dialog flows or generated by next token prediction, the output of conversational interfaces is fundamentally devoid of accountability: it is text produced without a commitment to truth or joint action [72]. By tailoring textual output to be maximally in line with what human raters prefer, techniques like reinforcement learning with human feedback obscure this lack of accountability but do not fundamentally change it: a text generator may ‘apologise’ when prompted for clarification or correction but will indifferently regurgitate the same misunderstanding or a new one on the next occasion](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tfyqeo3tprov5lejatxoi6lb/bafkreicnoetojk3imp4uvpiu333cpf3fk4hw4jjgxnoiiczuwieymcory4@jpeg)
January 7, 2026 at 6:57 AM
Re: the Grok 'apology', already in 2023 we wrote that LLMs are devoid of social accountability so that an apology-shaped string of output tokens is meaningless doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
we should hold makers accountable for what their text and image generators spit out
we should hold makers accountable for what their text and image generators spit out
I am curious to find out if the opt-out they now offer authors is serious
December 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I am curious to find out if the opt-out they now offer authors is serious
Op mobiel moet je even naar onderaan de brief scrollen, op desktop staat het er meteen rechts naast
December 21, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Op mobiel moet je even naar onderaan de brief scrollen, op desktop staat het er meteen rechts naast
2. Don't seek permission, center values ideophone.org/dont-seek-pe...
On how to engage when, in a convo about research integrity, people do a #whataboutism
On how to engage when, in a convo about research integrity, people do a #whataboutism
December 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM
2. Don't seek permission, center values ideophone.org/dont-seek-pe...
On how to engage when, in a convo about research integrity, people do a #whataboutism
On how to engage when, in a convo about research integrity, people do a #whataboutism
Two recent blogs on The Ideophone, prompted by a fun #ReproducibiliTea session in Cologne:
1. On generative AI and reproducibility ideophone.org/on-generativ...
On why the praxis of slow and reproducible science provides useful lessons for navigating the lures of “AI”
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1. On generative AI and reproducibility ideophone.org/on-generativ...
On why the praxis of slow and reproducible science provides useful lessons for navigating the lures of “AI”
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December 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Two recent blogs on The Ideophone, prompted by a fun #ReproducibiliTea session in Cologne:
1. On generative AI and reproducibility ideophone.org/on-generativ...
On why the praxis of slow and reproducible science provides useful lessons for navigating the lures of “AI”
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1. On generative AI and reproducibility ideophone.org/on-generativ...
On why the praxis of slow and reproducible science provides useful lessons for navigating the lures of “AI”
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Three word academic horror story:
Required fields missing
#EditorialManager continues to set new records in the mud run approach to user interface design.
Required fields missing
#EditorialManager continues to set new records in the mud run approach to user interface design.
December 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Three word academic horror story:
Required fields missing
#EditorialManager continues to set new records in the mud run approach to user interface design.
Required fields missing
#EditorialManager continues to set new records in the mud run approach to user interface design.
Ik werd geinterviewd in een stuk over het Rijmwoordenboek en leverde een lofzang op het handgemaakte Sinterklaasgedicht www.bd.nl/heusden/daar...
December 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Ik werd geinterviewd in een stuk over het Rijmwoordenboek en leverde een lofzang op het handgemaakte Sinterklaasgedicht www.bd.nl/heusden/daar...
Morgen: 'Terug naar het ambacht!', Letterenhuis Antwerpen. Ik doe mee aan een panelgesprek over organische taal temidden van een opkomend tij van synthetische tekst auteursvereniging.be/vav-werkcong...
November 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Morgen: 'Terug naar het ambacht!', Letterenhuis Antwerpen. Ik doe mee aan een panelgesprek over organische taal temidden van een opkomend tij van synthetische tekst auteursvereniging.be/vav-werkcong...
What @michaelerard.bsky.social says. There's a lovely 1999 PhD thesis on this very phenomenon that uses the same term
November 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
What @michaelerard.bsky.social says. There's a lovely 1999 PhD thesis on this very phenomenon that uses the same term
I'm seeing quite some citations of our 2021 paper doi.org/10.1177/0023830920914339 that seem to have somehow missed
not just the evidence and arguments from the body of the paper
not just the abstract
but the subtitle 🫠
not just the evidence and arguments from the body of the paper
not just the abstract
but the subtitle 🫠
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I'm seeing quite some citations of our 2021 paper doi.org/10.1177/0023830920914339 that seem to have somehow missed
not just the evidence and arguments from the body of the paper
not just the abstract
but the subtitle 🫠
not just the evidence and arguments from the body of the paper
not just the abstract
but the subtitle 🫠
Language as Particle, Wave and Field, Pike 1959
November 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Language as Particle, Wave and Field, Pike 1959
One year ago, with Stella Punselie and Bonnie McLean: The Anatomy of Iconicity, in Open Mind doi.org/10.1162/opmi...
In which we combine iconicity ratings, experimental evidence, and structure mapping to identify & explain crosslinguistic patterns of iconic words
#iconicity #cognitivescience
In which we combine iconicity ratings, experimental evidence, and structure mapping to identify & explain crosslinguistic patterns of iconic words
#iconicity #cognitivescience
November 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
One year ago, with Stella Punselie and Bonnie McLean: The Anatomy of Iconicity, in Open Mind doi.org/10.1162/opmi...
In which we combine iconicity ratings, experimental evidence, and structure mapping to identify & explain crosslinguistic patterns of iconic words
#iconicity #cognitivescience
In which we combine iconicity ratings, experimental evidence, and structure mapping to identify & explain crosslinguistic patterns of iconic words
#iconicity #cognitivescience
Ah! Blijkt dat ik Mulatos al kende, maar de andere albums nog niet, en ik was 'm de laatste jaren duidelijk vergeten www.last.fm/user/strange...
October 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Ah! Blijkt dat ik Mulatos al kende, maar de andere albums nog niet, en ik was 'm de laatste jaren duidelijk vergeten www.last.fm/user/strange...
not sure about insightful but I like how social interaction offers a natural laboratory to study convergent cultural evolution of linguistic items, as in this study of ours combining comparative evidence and a simple computational model pure.mpg.de/rest/items/i... (pdf)
October 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
not sure about insightful but I like how social interaction offers a natural laboratory to study convergent cultural evolution of linguistic items, as in this study of ours combining comparative evidence and a simple computational model pure.mpg.de/rest/items/i... (pdf)