A couple of months ago I asked a question on r/AskScienceDiscussion about academic papers and their accessibility to the public.
I really appreciated all the responses and afterward, I got to thinking about how great it would be if there was a platform where I could get easy-to-understand summaries of research papers and the complicated topics they cover.
Since then, my buddy and I have been working on a little website for people to summarize academic papers and we would love to make it an honest-to-god educational resource that people actually enjoy using. There’s a point/ranking system that shows how credible you are in different subjects, and we are working to add new features like moderation and a community page.
If you like the idea, we would really appreciate it if you could run through the site and tell us what you like and hate. Any feedback on how we can improve the website for you is invaluable to us.
(P.S. We know there are some problems on mobile… be gentle 😅)
@GrassrootsReview when trying to research a tag, it tries a bit then says “no tag selected”. I’m using Firefox on MacOS
I’d like if you could read the summary section of the paper directly
If you mean the abstract, that is for experts, not particularly educational in most cases.
