I do not find this decently sensible in any way. They (RG site persons) imply that they just want to have members go to (or back to) what THEY 'see' as THE major research (so, ALL should be reading just largely out-of context and esoteric published research (or pre-published articles) and, that is all).
Somehow they, apparently, think Projects are needlessly distracting and of lesser value; this outlook will make what is presented by each and every member LIMITED (not to mention boring and with many of the Articles' presentations poorly-founded and esoteric). And, these very poorly based or poorly contextualized studies ARE OFTEN unintelligible as presented in the revered peer-reviewed Articles, no matter how learned a reader may be.. (Citations or multiple citations for just about EVERY sentence, surely does not mean high quality NOR well-integrated OR useful for ANY true science OR for any supposedly developing science.) Researchgate wants to recreate that which is top of mind for many :Psychology pseudo-'scientists' ; publications, publications, publications !! -- peer-reviewed, but often RUINED. And for academics used to or highly rewarded for such, this place (RG), simply stated, will be just what was present before the Internet.
I, myself, in a shortly-upcoming post, will provide everyone a way to my major Projects and ALL the Updates to them. ALL THAT will be available through my OWN DOMAIN AND WEBSITE. (Watch for new post, a post with the needed address information.)
I received the following reply from a member of the ResearchGate Community Support concerning my expression of regrets about the retirement of projects: "While we understand your feelings regarding this decision, we are aiming to provide a better experience for researchers like yourself to showcase your work and stay up to date. To that end, we plan to release multiple features this year to make it easier to share updates, discover new research, and engage with topics. We hope you will join us as we continue to make ResearchGate a more useful tool for all researchers."
That is really too bad! Researchers loved it so much, and enjoyed It. Regards.
I already filed my complaint. We have a number of research topics, each represented by a number of posted papers (~50). RG is a great resource -- we'd like to keep it that way -- and improve on it -- NOT diminish it. Often, the many, various papers discuss yet another aspect or facet of the common topic. I almost left, taking my fifty papers with me, but decided to give ResearchGate another chance to get it right.
After all, there are other sites that remain in the Dark Ages.
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