No one would be able to put this journal on an academic CV.
That will depend on who runs it!
So there’s really no benefit to “publishing” relative to posting publicly and letting people vote and comment.
Well there are many ways to run a review process besides public votes and comments. You can always have a more closed/formal/blind process even if you don’t publish it.
I didn’t say it would be run by non-academics.
That will depend on who runs it!
Well there are many ways to run a review process besides public votes and comments. You can always have a more closed/formal/blind process even if you don’t publish it.