Please do not denigrate SSRN, which is used by many
prominent researchers to publish their articles.
Eventually, many of the articles are republished elsewhere.
However, waiting years for trees to be cut down should not
be allowed to slow down scientific progress!
You are incorrect that SSRN is a "private blog".
And you are incorrect in claiming that I wrote that.
I mistyped :-( Instead, you insinuated that SSRN is a
"personal blog." Also, you are incorrect that "anybody can dump
anything that they please" into SSRN.
If you wait long enough, each article will be republished
elsewhere :-) However, you may have to wait years :-(
In the meantime, more articles will be published in SSRN
for which you will have to wait even longer to be republished!