Do you mean "uploading"? Also as a reader, something being on vixra is an extrem...

laarc · on Jan 4, 2016

Not really. Readers here tend to judge by merit rather than origin.

I was hoping to read this, but the encumbered download process prevented that.

GFK_of_xmaspast · on Jan 4, 2016

I spent a little time this morning reading thru the vixra sections for some fields I'm familiar with, and it's pretty much all cranks (some of whom have dozens of papers). Like look at this: http://vixra.org/abs/1512.0336 or this : http://vixra.org/abs/1509.0249 or this : http://vixra.org/abs/1504.0227 or even this: http://vixra.org/abs/1504.0134

hobs · on Jan 5, 2016

Some of these makes Otis Eugene "Gene" Ray TimeCube rants seem cohesive and well thought out.

PhasmaFelis · on Jan 4, 2016

You can also just scroll down and read the article on the page.

Terretta · on Jan 4, 2016

Prefer to read in Papers or LiquidText, but Academia wants my contact list first which is a special kind of scummy.

    academia.edu would like to:
    - Know who you are on Google	
    - View your email address
    - View your basic profile info
    - View your contacts

laarc · on Jan 4, 2016

Thank you. Apparently I'm blind.

PhasmaFelis · on Jan 5, 2016

Well, it is really non-obvious, to the point that I think they're clearly trying to hide it. The white space expands to push the start of the paper below the fold no matter how large your window is, and the "READ PAPER" text is light grey on white.