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Re:ACM costs vs. arxiv.org costs by murkt on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @12:24AM (#22114871)
They probably mean administration of a peer review. Someone has to find a suitable reviewer, which can be a bit time-consuming task [1], write to reviewers, just do all the coordination.

[1] There are now tools that automate and speed up finding peer reviewers, though, like https://www.prophy.science/referee-finder

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Re:ACM costs vs. arxiv.org costs by chrisseaton on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @05:37AM (#22116279)
> Someone has to find a suitable reviewer, which can be a bit time-consuming task [1], write to reviewers, just do all the coordination.

All done by volunteers!

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Re:ACM costs vs. arxiv.org costs by denzil_correa on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @03:45AM (#22115775)
> Someone has to find a suitable reviewer, which can be a bit time-consuming task [1], write to reviewers, just do all the coordination.

This is done by the Program Chairs of the conference who are professors at universities. ACM doesn't do or pay anything for it.

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