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- The papers in PDF is an interaction killer (you are increasing friction)

- You have basically no content right now: 5 PDFs and the discussion is low quality.

Fix those two problems and you might get something. If the place feels empty (as it does now), people will never come back. There is no reason whatsoever for people to create an account right now.

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Okay, there generally seems to be a feeling of anti-PDF sentiment so I'll look into providing just a standard HTML+CSS page as an alternative. (To note though, almost every academic article is provided as a PDF directly by Journals or through repositories like JSTOR).

It's kind of the chicken and egg problem: there's no content because they're no users, and they're no users because there's no content. I'll try and "force" a few friends on to drum up everything up a little and increase the excitement of the site.

Also, thanks for the link!

Cheers, --x03.

Also, read this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2212609

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