I think you misunderstand arxiv, blogging, and research papers. (I've used/done extensively the three mentioned things before, including blogging in a research

I think you misunderstand arxiv, blogging, and research papers. (I've used/done extensively the three mentioned things before, including blogging in a research context) arxiv is a preprint server. Blog posts can, sometimes, play the same role as research preprints. Research papers are fundamentally about having a _structured conversation_ about a topic. This paper is arxiv at its best.