Community guidelines

Comments let readers discuss a paper right next to the text. Other Literia users who open the same paper can read them. These guidelines keep that discussion useful. They apply to comments, replies and anything else you post for others to see, and they are part of the Terms of Service.

Choose the right kind of comment

When you write a comment, pick a type:

General: clarifications, explanations and smaller questions.
Research: in-depth research discussion and technical analysis.
Anonymous: other readers see "Anonymous" instead of your name.

Comments support Markdown, so you can format code, lists and links.

Do

Stay on the paper. Discuss its methods, results, claims and context.
Be specific. Select the passage you are talking about and comment on it, so others can see exactly what you mean.
Back up claims. Link to the paper, dataset or code you are relying on.
Disagree with ideas, not people. Critique the work as sharply as you need to, but stay respectful toward its authors and other readers.

Don't

Harass, threaten or insult anyone, or post hateful content.
Post spam, advertising or self-promotion unrelated to the paper.
Share someone's personal information, or anything you don't have the right to share, such as a paywalled paper's full text.
Impersonate others, or misrepresent who you are or what a paper says.
Post anything illegal, sexually explicit or malicious, such as links to malware.

Reporting a comment

If a comment breaks these guidelines, open its actions menu (…) and choose Report. This opens an email to our support team with a link to the comment. Add a line about what is wrong.

We may remove content that breaks these guidelines, and repeated or serious violations can lead to losing access to commenting or to Literia.

Your own comments

You can edit or delete your own comments at any time from the same actions menu. Deleted comments are removed from the discussion.

Questions

Questions about these guidelines? Contact us.