Yesterday I nuked my Academia.edu account for good, after one year of inactivity. I no longer want to be associated nor support a for-profit entity that exploits academic labor, especially from marginalised people who get a false sense of belonging (the infamous "independent" subdomain). Two recent pieces: https://www.diggitmagazine.com/column/end-academiaedu-how-business-takes-over-again and https://sarahemilybond.com/2017/01/24/deleteacademiaedu-the-argument-for-non-profit-repositories/
@steko I recommend impactstory.org. Very nice tool to follow the media impact of your research and it uses ORCID
@saturno https://impactstory.org/u/0000-0003-1124-3174 😉 (another reason not to "publish" on Academia.edu)
@steko I am considering to do so. These people got mad. RG is still acceptable but I expect they follow the same model.
I've been critical of the service for a long time, FWIW. Proprietary for-profit platforms are just that, no matter how they brand themselves. Use ORCID, Zenodo, SocArxiv, HumCommons, self-host... just don't be lazy and don't delegate the dissemination of your research!