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Not to be confused with viXra, which is a sci-fi alternative to arXiv

I nearly called the project this name without knowing it existed. Thanks for the share.

viXra is full of nonsense but then again so is arXiv (see: 750GeV debacle). viXra desperately needed a voting system and if it did it would likely have been much more useful and become a viable alternative to arXiv.

arXiv does not accept papers from authors with no institutional affiliation and viXra was the only (and ugly) alternative. There is an opportunity there to fix both sites.

What was the 750GeV debacle? That thing were some people said LHC had found a new particle maybe?

A spurious signal at LHC (that disappeared in later runs) that spurred a cottage industry of arXiv submissions trying to explain it. Authors, mostly grad students, quickly submitted hundreds of low quality articles trying to get in on the "discovery". Later articles would cite over 400 previous articles and it became one giant circle jerk. There were even blog posts complaining about the blatant "ambulance chasing".

https://motls.blogspot.com/2016/06/ambulance-chasing-is-just...

http://resonaances.blogspot.com/2016/06/game-of-thrones-750-...

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