I would say this is largely true, but there are a number of notable exceptions where publishing gets more views and is more influential than writing a forum post. Here are just a couple.
The article is generally interesting with obvious real life application either intellectually or practically, even if the journal isn’t super high impact
For example this article on health mapping in Uganda is published in a pretty low ranked journal, but is cited by an impressive 40 people and is part of the reason why I connected with the author to make our health AIM tool which has huge potential to impact healthcare provision in remote areas.
You are published in a top rated journal. In this case readership will be orders of magnitude higher than a forum like this, and potentially orders of magnitude more influential. Obviously you need to make a seriously good discovery to be published in science, or the lancet, or the new England journal of medicine etc.
I would say this is largely true, but there are a number of notable exceptions where publishing gets more views and is more influential than writing a forum post. Here are just a couple.
The article is generally interesting with obvious real life application either intellectually or practically, even if the journal isn’t super high impact
For example this article on health mapping in Uganda is published in a pretty low ranked journal, but is cited by an impressive 40 people and is part of the reason why I connected with the author to make our health AIM tool which has huge potential to impact healthcare provision in remote areas.
https://equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12939-020-01371-5
You are published in a top rated journal. In this case readership will be orders of magnitude higher than a forum like this, and potentially orders of magnitude more influential. Obviously you need to make a seriously good discovery to be published in science, or the lancet, or the new England journal of medicine etc.