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I do want to ask why you are building this? If just for fun, then it's a nice project.

Building the site won't be the hard part, though I'm sure you'll get plenty of feedback here.

Attracting a community of scientists that foster real discussion will be. Any ideas there at what will set you apart and properly entice them?

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I built this for fun and I can say that it was fun to build! It's an experiment too. But prior to building it, it was something I could see myself using.

To entice users, I have thought about adding features that users find directly useful to their work (e.g. the ability to take notes on papers within the site and export them), or the ability to export saved articles as bibtex... but I'm still thinking this through. Open to ideas.

Can you open source this on github? Or share directly ?

What if you allowed users to curate lists of articles (maybe with options for RSS or notifications)? I think we would see lists like "Seminal papers in X area". Maybe anything that helps people find stuff that is a) good b) what they are interested in would get them engaged.

a site that fosters real, thoughtful discussion requires moderation - if you compare the amount of clickbait on Facebook vs the general helpfulness of articles on Hackernews, one is moderated, one is designed for maximum interaction.

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