I've looked at "Data Structures and Algorithms" section (
https://vixra.org/dsalg/) as this is a topic I am familiar with.. it is very small, just 20 papers in 2023. Also, at least 4 of those (20%) are P=NP proofs, which is a great indicator of low quality.
I honestly don't understand why people would submit their papers there. The reasons for using arxiv are two-fold:
- It's a great way to prove the priority. Not only Cornell university have great reputation, but arxiv has mirrors and metadata feeds which can be used to detect the retroactive modification. Which means if you see an arxiv publication, you can be sure it's not backdated.
- It's also some way to prove credentials. Paper appearing on arxiv means the author is likely affiliated with academic world, or at least knows someone from there.
vixra has nothing like this. By design, it requires no credentials. It is also has no reputation, for all that we know the articles may be backdated all the time. If you want to prove priority, pretty much any other method would work better - twitter post, usenet post, github comment, even personal website added to wayback machine.
I honestly don't understand why people would submit their papers there. The reasons for using arxiv are two-fold:
- It's a great way to prove the priority. Not only Cornell university have great reputation, but arxiv has mirrors and metadata feeds which can be used to detect the retroactive modification. Which means if you see an arxiv publication, you can be sure it's not backdated.
- It's also some way to prove credentials. Paper appearing on arxiv means the author is likely affiliated with academic world, or at least knows someone from there.
vixra has nothing like this. By design, it requires no credentials. It is also has no reputation, for all that we know the articles may be backdated all the time. If you want to prove priority, pretty much any other method would work better - twitter post, usenet post, github comment, even personal website added to wayback machine.