Show HN: Paperkast

#1

Post by dogancan » Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 8:06 AM UTC

Hello everybody,

I just wanted to share a link aggregator website: paperkast.com. It's a article sharing and discussion hub.

It's opened recently. I think it was a need for the academia. I don't think there is an online community for paper discussion. Twitter is good for publication sharing but there is no central discussion around a paper. It's all over the place. Seperately, we know that the link aggregation style has a good reputation. It's a good stimulation for discussion.

What do you think of it?

Re: Show HN: Paperkast

#2

Post by Phithagoras » Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 11:09 PM UTC

Try resubmitting this as Show HN: Paperkast

It might get more attention

Re: Show HN: Paperkast

#3

Post by g5095 » Wed, Aug 15, 2018, 4:13 AM UTC

is this opensource?

Re: Show HN: Paperkast

#4

Post by TACIXAT » Wed, Aug 15, 2018, 4:34 AM UTC

This is a great idea. It could really turn into a study group for new papers.

You might want to edit your post / title. I don't think I would have known that it was for academic papers if I hadn't have opened the link.

Re: Show HN: Paperkast

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Aug 15, 2018, 4:53 AM UTC

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Re: Show HN: Paperkast

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Post by DoctorOetker » Wed, Aug 15, 2018, 4:59 AM UTC

g5095 wrote: post #3

is this opensource?

not sure how many modifications were made but the About page states:

> Paperkast.com built on lobste.rs open source news aggregator system.

Re: Show HN: Paperkast

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Post by seltzered_ » Wed, Aug 15, 2018, 5:09 AM UTC

DoctorOetker wrote: post #6

g5095 wrote: post #3

is this opensource?

not sure how many modifications were made but the About page states: > Paperkast.com built on lobste.rs open source news aggregator system.

Funny, years ago a friend and I were trying to make something exactly along lines of lobste.rs but for scientific papers. https://github.com/seltzered/journaltalk was as far as I got.

Didn't get very far due lack of motivation and other parallel projects, but it's been neat to see things like this (and fermat's library, and peerpub, etc.) spring up over the years.

Re: Show HN: Paperkast

#8

Post by mrzool » Wed, Aug 15, 2018, 5:18 AM UTC

Phithagoras wrote: post #2

Try resubmitting this as Show HN: Paperkast It might get more attention

Show HN is for the author of a project. How do you know he/she is the author of this thing?

Re: Show HN: Paperkast

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Post by mikeyouse » Wed, Aug 15, 2018, 5:23 AM UTC

mrzool wrote: post #8

Phithagoras wrote: post #2

Try resubmitting this as Show HN: Paperkast It might get more attention

Show HN is for the author of a project. How do you know he/she is the author of this thing?

The about page lists a "Dogancan Ozturan" as the primary author and this post was submitted by a user named: dogancan

I think we're in the clear here.

Re: Show HN: Paperkast

#10

Post by toomim » Wed, Aug 15, 2018, 5:28 AM UTC

Wondeful! We need something like this. I hope it takes root.