The value of a scientific publication might not have anything related to the published journal but solely on the seriousness of the research question and the honest efforts, the researchers have put together. With google scholar and other search index sites it is now easy to find articles relevant to the search terms. However, these articles may or may not be a genuine output of a research. In order to build the trust or to begin trusting the facts in the article readers may use other psychological cues such as the impact factor of the journal, or the predatory list, or the country of publishing or the origin of the research or the profiles of the researchers involved and their previous works and their citations.
What I have observed recently with my Indian experiences, almost all of the journals used for publication by the university researchers are counted as predatory journals. Yet these articles build a strong base of readers and citations aspected to the massive student base of India. The rate of publication and the recognition of the work is fast and high. As for me and others, this is a confusing situation now, whether to change our perspective of predatory journals or focus on high rated journals with lesser publications and longer waiting time.
I want the international community here in Researchgate to discuss this for the benefit of all of the researchers living in any corner of the world
While the original Beall's list web site (scholarly-oa.com) does not host the list anymore anyway, I have recently found a web site
https://predatoryjournals.com/
which, just like http://beallslist.weebly.com/ mentioned in the other answer, seems to build on and expand this list (see https://predatoryjournals.com/about/ ).
See also the related question
https://www.researchgate.net/post/A_new_site_listing_predatory_journals_What_do_you_think_of_it
and the RG project
https://www.researchgate.net/project/ETHICAL-AND-QUESTIONABLE-PRACTICES-IN-RESEARCH-AND-PUBLISHING
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