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Re:ArXiv preprint server plans multimillion-dollar overhaul by stared on Saturday July 02, 2016 @04:39AM (#12021873)
There are some arXiv overlays for voting and comments, like: https://scirate.com/ (which didn't catch for some reason).

While I was initially for having arXiv with more features, now I appreciate this unix philosophy of "doing one thing, but doing it well". Various voting, comment, recommendation or accreditation system may catch or not. So I am all in favor of providing a separate services (even if by the same team), communicating by API.

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Re:ArXiv preprint server plans multimillion-dollar overhaul by jessriedel on Saturday July 02, 2016 @08:02AM (#12022192)
The major issue is just that arXiv maybe be able to gather a critical mass in a way that third parties like SciRate can't. Also, if a third party did get a foothold, it's possible they could go bad (in a way that's less likely for the arXiv), and the community would be stuck.

Still, all things considered I agree that I'd rather arXiv not take this on.

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