Researcher proposes peer-correlation paper scores, realizes he reinvented recsys
nanjiang_cs · x · 2026-10-15
In a discussion about academic evaluation, the author suggests endorsing papers rather than people: if A and B both review the same paper, their (dis)agreement updates each other's trust score, so new papers show up as "endorsed by X, who has a correlation of 0.YY with you." He then jokes: "Did I just reinvent recsys?"
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