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I've read and noticed some interesting things since I left graduate school. I just make them a blog post, rather than going through the hassle of trying to get
by fsk 11y ago
I've read and noticed some interesting things since I left graduate school. I just make them a blog post, rather than going through the hassle of trying to get it published in a major academic research publication. Since I'm not pursing an academic career, does it matter if 100 people read the post on my blog, or 5 people read it in some journal?
An HN comment with +20 karma was probably read more times than most research papers in journals!
- Houshalter 11y agoYes, but for reasons I still don't understand, the prestige of the publisher correlates with the recognition it gets. Even if more people read your blog post of your great idea, it's unlikely to get cited or recognized, and might even be entirely ignored by academics. Even outside academics this is true. A great essay, posted as a comment on HN or reddit, is going to be much less circulated than the same essay posted on a blog. E.g. I'll see a good essay on someone's blog and see that it's posted to 12 different subreddits and HN. If I say a great essay as a comment, even if it's of the same quality, I guarantee it will not be posted anywhere else.