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287points
89comments
#161of 3,109 in 2023
Top 6%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
10 positive, 32 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 22 critical, out of 66 comments about the project. Thread score -0.16.
Idea: 5 for, 7 againstDesign: 3 for, 9 againstExecution: 0 for, 6 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, simple interface with readable math rendering
From 3 comments
I really like the UI, very visually striking without too much whitespace, and without getting in the way.
aliqot on HNThis is really nice - the simplicity of the interface and ability to read papers without sacrificing the readability of math equations is awesome. Congrats on publishing it. Do…
cygnion on HNLooks super clean! I'll definitely be trying to use this.
voidbound on HN
Objections
Traffic depends on HN front page; little ongoing discussion draws users away
From 2 comments
What you'll discover is that the moment this falls off the HN front page, your traffic goes to zero. You'll need to manually recruit users, every day, typically by going to…
sillysaurusx on HNWhat you'll discover is that the moment this falls off the HN front page, your traffic goes to zero. You'll need to manually recruit users, every day, typically by going to…
paulpauper on HN
Only arXiv papers supported; DOIs rejected
From 3 comments
I know these are all arxiv.org so far, but if you want to include research papers beyond that plaform, can I encourage you to use DOIs for links? It'll make links persistent and…
afandian on HNI like the site, but because you only support arxiv, you are issuing out on lots of great research. You should consider supporting doi, i tried to load one of my papers (not on…
gHeadphone on HNThe DOI is a natural foreign key, look at semantic scholar and the integrations that arxiv is doing in the bottom 1/3. You are generating your own IDs, so you won't compose with…
sitkack on HN
No search or tag filtering
From 3 comments
No search ? :-( Sorry, I won't use it: search is the only way to let your users discover the content that THEY ARE LOOKING FOR (and maybe to engage) instead of JUST CONSUMING…
olivierduval on HNAre you planning to implement search and filter tags?
pablomendes on HNFilter tags would be very helpful.
overview on HN
Email required to sign up
From 2 comments
I went to sign up, but it doesn't work without an email. That's an important part of the HN experience.
boppo1 on HNI wanted to signup but then saw that email textbox.
eternalban on HN
Requests
Add DOI support
From 3 comments
I know these are all arxiv.org so far, but if you want to include research papers beyond that plaform, can I encourage you to use DOIs for links? It'll make links persistent and…
afandian on HNI came here as well to recommend the DOI. So many nice things can be had by using this rather than your own IDs, it means that site now becomes a tool that composes with other…
sitkack on HNI like the site, but because you only support arxiv, you are issuing out on lots of great research. You should consider supporting doi, i tried to load one of my papers (not on…
gHeadphone on HN
Add search and tag filters
From 3 comments
Are you planning to implement search and filter tags?
pablomendes on HNThoughts: * Allow logged in users to add tags to submissions (maybe after reaching some karma threshold). Tags could either be a private feature, or a shared feature. * Allow…
rvbissell on HNFilter tags would be very helpful.
overview on HN
Add RSS feed
From 3 comments
An RSS feed would be helpful. That's how I follow Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com/rss).
JieJie on HNAny plans to add RSS?
SanjayMehta on HNHow can I follow the feed? Rss or email news?
Euphorbium on HN
Show paper subject, citations and venue metadata
From 3 comments
Would like to see a tag showing the subject of the paper. Many of the titles are not very descriptive.
pictureofabear on HNI got out of academia, but I'd love to keep reading the new hot and influential papers to keep up with the research trends in the research communities I am interested in. So I…
honorious on HNThis is cool! I suggest adding some more hints to indicate how important/relevant different papers are. Maybe some tags to classify papers in different fields, and number of…
trehans on HN
Questions
Is it limited to CS/ML or all fields?
From 2 comments
Is this meant for only CS/ML research? It’s a great idea either way! I look forward to keeping up with it.
ianai on HNGreat idea but you should include every field of Science
eointierney on HN
How will spam be prevented?
From 1 comment
How do you intend to combat spam? My own immediate response was "great, I'd shove all my shittier papers on there", and I wouldn't even particularly consider myself a spammer for…
tpoacher on HN
Alternatives named
arXiv and SSRN
From 1 comment
What you'll discover is that the moment this falls off the HN front page, your traffic goes to zero. You'll need to manually recruit users, every day, typically by going to…
paulpauper on HN
Lobsters PDF tag
From 1 comment
I personally am a fan of using lobste.rs and filtering for pdf only [0], it's not *just* research papers but that is the lion's share of it. Plus they've already got a community…
xypage on HN
Reddit r/MachineLearning
From 1 comment
The problem is, there are way too much papers, even if you focus already to some domain, like deep learning. But this seems to be completely open to any topic? For machine…
albertzeyer on HN
Scholars.io and upvote.pub
From 2 comments
Related, but I created Scholars https://www.scholars.io Where researchers and others interested can create "reading rooms" of papers and discuss. I have also been thinking about…
sideproject on HNA few years ago I created upvote.pub (source code: https://github.com/danielecook/upvote.pub) It never really caught on - but it was a fun project. I do hope something like this…
danielecook on HN