The difference is that more often than not, you can't go to the same level of detail and depth in a blog post as you would in a scientific article (and if you d

The difference is that more often than not, you can't go to the same level of detail and depth in a blog post as you would in a scientific article (and if you do, not that many people will read it). Reading science is hard work, and properly reviewing a "journal length" paper can take upwards of a day. I don't think you can have it both ways. If you write a good vulgarization, or technical blog post, and submit it here, you will likely get many eyeballs. If you post serious science, you'll get much less feedback, if any.