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by bonoboTP 97 days ago
And it is a risk for Arxiv too that once they start to drink the koolaid and start going to the same cocktail parties that these kinds of nonprofit board members and execs go to and will feel the need to prance around with some fancy stuff.

"oh no, you see we are not a preprint server host anymore, our mission is a values driven blablabla to make a meaningful change in the blablabla, we have spent X dollars to promote the blablabla, take me seriously please I'm also fancy like you! "

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Well, maybe they don't need to be a nonprofit. How about a public benefit corporation?

And maybe that public benefit thing, well we don't really need it do we? Now that we're deep into AI you know.

For-profit has a nice ring to it. We're delivering value to founders and shareholders, where it belongs.