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I understand the complaint here, but a lot of recent impressive progress in mathematics has been by rapid collaboration + iteration (e.g. the project to improve
by Analemma_ 2y ago
I understand the complaint here, but a lot of recent impressive progress in mathematics has been by rapid collaboration + iteration (e.g. the project to improve Zhang's prime gap bound), and it may be the case that different communication tools are not easily fungible with Discord in this regard. You have to go where the people actually are.
- wizzwizz4 2y agoBut Discord isn't citable. Somebody needs to archive the Discord and make that available through the proper channels (e.g. a website, a book, the Internet Archive).
- univerz 2y agothat post was just an (work in progress) update. Shawn's blog post is a proper announcement - much better than i would have written :)
- lambdaxyzw 2y agoWell it was cited so by definition it's citable. I don't like discord but... The people doing research have chosen this method of collaboration. I like their research. Let's not be choosing beggars and tell them how to conduct their research.
- Almondsetat 2y agoBut papers aren't citable. Somebody needs to archive the paper and make it available through the proper channels (e.g. a website, library, journal, the Internet Archive).
- kryptiskt 2y agoThere are a ton of "personal communication" cites out there that are dead ends. The point of the cite isn't to provide a handy link, though it's nice if it is one, but to hand the credit where the credit is due.