The arxiv is a treasure, and such preprint servers not only streamline the academic debate but are also a necessary first step towards a future without for-prof

The arxiv is a treasure, and such preprint servers not only streamline the academic debate but are also a necessary first step towards a future without for-profit academic publishers. The arxiv moderators are like human spam filters. And as anyone who dealt with email should know, spam filters are essential for a platform to remain useful. I think the article puts undue emphasis on the few edge cases that invariably arise with any such filtering system. And being a moderator is a thankless job indeed. The efforts of a moderator are largely focused on the absolute worst papers, and the job is therefore very different from being a referee or editor of a reasonable academic journal. So personally I would also focus elsewhere any efforts at increasing diversity in academic institutions.