A better tagline than "Hacker News for researchers" might be "Crowdsourced Faculty 1000". Either way, I wish you luck, as getting a critical mass of engaged users in this area is a very difficult task.<p>So many people do read and review papers, but then those reviews are just kept in a private file somewhere (or just in their brains) and hardly anyone sees them. So much great insight into published science is lost to the public this way. Lately I've been trying to blog about papers I read and then share my blog posts with <a href="http://www.researchblogging.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.researchblogging.org/</a>, but even that isn't a very common thing to do.<p>If your site could become a hub for this type of discussion, it would be wonderful. Do you support (or plan on supporting) a researchblogging-like trackback system, in addition to comments? That might help you gain publicity too, if popular science bloggers link to your website when they discuss a paper.
I hope it takes off! The front page seems pretty crowded though, have you guys thought about having it take more of a focus on the content instead of recent comments, login, etc. in the center?
A bit "About us": PubUp is an open access online platform for researchers to discover & share journal articles that are worth reading, to discuss scientific ideas that are worth spreading, and to connect with people who share similar interests. We'd appreciate it if you provide any feedback, comments or suggestions.
Not qualifying as a "Hacker News" for Research / Sci<p>1) Specific topics -- HN is a general " what matters to startup kids " ( yes hard science is thicker )<p>2) You're wanting a better way to publish papers? Are you trying to get additional funding for this research?<p>3) HN has become a default bc its a sorting method for VC to dole out cash. Is the NSF reading?<p>I think you're in the right mindset but tell me what you're trying to do here.
A piece of design advice, until you get enough content collapse the different areas into one feed. That way you are more likely to get people to stay on board.
The website looks terrible on Dolphin (Android) (on the What's hot page, the up/down buttons take up the whole width of the page).<p>Nice project anyway, best of luck to you!
I love seeing new vertical social news sites. Are there open source social news servers that anyone can recommend? It seems like it's becoming a trend to pop these sites up.