[taylorexpander]

I’m a researcher and I also think reddit and upvotes/karma is trash.

Why should I use your service?

[danielecook]

Why do you use this service? My dream for the site would be that the most value would come from the comments section where people could ask questions, discuss ideas, expand on the background of papers, or debate whether the results justify the conclusions. I'm also hopeful that much like HN, the site wouldn't track the newest and shiniest thing but also would highlight older work that is worth revisiting.

[mirajshah]

You probably shouldn't use the service, simple as that.

[elzar]

This is how ML research works these days, right?

You cherry-pick results and polish them to look super flashy so everyone hears about your work over Twitter, Facebook, and r/MachineLearning cause that's how everyone learns about new papers these days.

[zild3d]

Do you think HN is trash or that upvotes are a bad system for this site? Seems like the simplest way to have a community self-filter content

[softawre]

Reddit/HN are popularity contests. My guess is GP would prefer something more like RottonTomatoes, curated by "experts".

[azhenley]

That is an interesting idea. I would worry that it would have the "cliquey" problem that another commenter mentioned.

I do like the idea of having a public forum to comment on work, regardless of where it is published.

[fundamental]

If you add comments, then you get to the problem of maintaining comment quality which will likely lead to some form of moderation. IMO that leads back to the "cliquey" issue just on another level.

[mattkrause]

There’s Faculty of 1000 for this, though my impression is that it has gotten less active and opinionated lately.