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We already have a better mechanism for publishing and peer review.. it's called the internet. Literally the comments section of Reddit would work better. Review
by zaptheimpaler 3y ago
We already have a better mechanism for publishing and peer review.. it's called the internet. Literally the comments section of Reddit would work better. Reviews would be tied to a pseudonymous account instead of anonymous, allowing people to judge the quality of reviewers as well. Hacker News would work just as well too. It's also nearly free to setup a forum and frictionless to use compared to paying academic journals $100k for them to sell your own labour back to you. Cost and ease of use also mean more broadly accessible and hence more widely reviewed.
- vasco 3y agoEvery once in a while I see a thread on reddit about a subject I know about and if someone shares a factual account that sounds unpopular it'll be downvoted even though it's true. I think reddit would be a terrible way to do this.
- raverbashing 3y agoBut academic review is like that, with the worse acktchsually guys in existance
- ribosometronome 3y agoThe worst? Are you sure? Reddit's worst acktchsually guys are often spilling out of actual cesspit hate subreddits.
- raverbashing 3y agoThere is some meta-knowledge in your comment, but I'm focusing solely on the critique and pedantry levels, no comment on other factors
- 0xDEAFBEAD 3y agohttps://www.lesswrong.com/ https://www.lesswrong.com/ lets you vote separately on agreement and quality axes. That seems to help a little bit.
- fennecbutt 3y agoThis is literally just our species aha, life is just a resource hunting popularity contest where those who are bigger than you can just punch you in the face.
- 0xDEAFBEAD 3y agoThe groupthink problems on reddit are quite severe.