Arxiv.org has been online for 30 years. Is there a specific reason you think they (or the other preprint servers) might grow less open in ten more years? They h

Arxiv.org has been online for 30 years. Is there a specific reason you think they (or the other preprint servers) might grow less open in ten more years? They have a Covid research banner on the front page now, but it’s a reasonable blanket “don’t get your medical advice from a preprint server” kind of deal Arxiv doesn’t formally review submissions, but to post there you have to pass a topic filter (to make sure you fit in a covered sub field) and meet some other criteria This part is probably the closest to a filter on non-mainstream science: https://arxiv.org/help/moderation#scholarly-interest https://arxiv.org/help/moderation#scholarly-interest It’s more geared towards filtering pseudoscience and non-research stuff than blocking articles because mods don’t agree with the conclusion.