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The arxiv should itself embed a review and commenting system, possibly even blogging. Publishers are archaic, scientific social media should be arxiv's future.
by naasking 10mo ago
The arxiv should itself embed a review and commenting system, possibly even blogging. Publishers are archaic, scientific social media should be arxiv's future.
- R_D_Olivaw 9mo agoI like this idea. But it should be a separate entity for robustness's sake. Let's make it! We'll even hold weekly live video/audio discussions on each paper for it's lifetime. Let the errant and emerging thoughts of researchers accompany the original research so we can better iterate and grow. In the open.
- setopt 9mo agoThe risk is that publishers might then start opposing the publication of manuscripts that have been shared as preprints on arXiv, if they start perceiving it as a competitor and not a supplement to their "service". But I concur, arXiv with social media features would be nice.