Our original vision was similar to what you describe. You can read more here: https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/1/ https://doi.org/10.6084/M9.FIGSHARE.871466
There are several reasons why that original vision didn't work and why what we ended up building did work. Happy to chat about if you're interested...
As an example, we issue a DOI for each seminar, meaning their metadata are indexed in the same systems that are used by journals to manage and report on citations. This turns the recording into something that is much closer to the formal sphere of human knowledge and can be included in typical academic reporting and evaluation structures.
Hi, this is Andrew (arhpreston) and Ben (benjyk) from Cassyni (https://cassyni.com). We both completed PhDs in physics before going on to found Publons and Kopernio, companies that were acquired by -- and became a part of -- Web of Science, a product researchers on HN may be familiar with.It is well known how important academic seminars are for networking, promoting your research, and keeping...
It's quite a simplistic (2d) setup however. I'm not aware of any more complex experiments.