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Re: Show HN: HackerNews but for research papers

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post #118

You need people talking about the papers. Because they're so dense, I'd focus on just one specific niche topic, and get people versed in that subfield talking about it on there. And start with just 5 papers for people to talk about. Then once you get that going, slowly expand.

I think you're right. I want to find experts in each field who can help me create a 'most important papers' section that people like me (who don't know anything) can go to to understand the most important and 'hottest' ideas and see the discussion around them.

Re: Show HN: HackerNews but for research papers

#124

Three thoughts. 1. If you could add a button that makes a search on Google Scholar for the paper so I could find its main publication and reference counter, that would be awesome. 2. I don't like being linked directly to the PDF; I would rather go to the Arkvix page and download from there. 3. What would the policy of publications be? Only open-access papers allowed? Are pre-prints okay, or just peer review? Could on…

Great feedback, thank you!

Re: Show HN: HackerNews but for research papers

#127
post #39

How about Bio and Chem as well?

Seconding this, I love HN because it gives a wide gamut of exposure, it's a glorious nexus of information, however as a MolB I'd love to have something more narrow when it comes to narrowing things down to academic work.

Re: Show HN: HackerNews but for research papers

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My most appreciated feature of HackerNews is that I can use it with JavaScript disabled. I know that I'm in the minority, but I also know several other colleagues and members on this site also browse without JS enabled (so while a minority, it's not just me).

Something to consider, especially when your site is just serving text / aggregating links.

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