I’m a researcher and I also think reddit and upvotes/karma is trash.
Why should I use your service?
Why should I use your service?
You cherry-pick results and polish them to look super flashy so everyone hears about your work over Twitter, Facebook, and r/MachineLearning cause that's how everyone learns about new papers these days.
I do like the idea of having a public forum to comment on work, regardless of where it is published.