2.1M members. The best post we have captured here reached 334 upvotes, which works out to 0 per 1,000 members.
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The biggest posts we have captured here. Links go to the original on Reddit.
Is the majority of research vibecoded these days?
My lab already “knows” things I can’t find in any published paper
What the heck is up with some of these Asst prof salaries??
Is it possible for a supervisor to forget about their student’s defence?
Do academic networks create informal monopolies?
Women in academia with families/married, when did you meet your partner?
What do journals do with our money?
What are the most serious mistakes a student can make when contacting a professor?
Universities accepted them. Now who is responsible for getting them there?
I did major work on a paper as a student but was left off it -a senior author now suggests retracting it rather than adding me. How do I actually get…
Within four times the member count either way, so the comparison is fair. Sorted by upside.
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