PubMed Commons to Be Discontinued

UPDATED February 9, 2018 From Comments to Annotations: Hypothesis Has Preserved Comments From Soon to Be Discontinued PubMed Commons
An excellent post that explains how the process (and thinking) Hypothesis used. 

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From the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Insights Blog:

PubMed Commons has been a valuable experiment in supporting discussion of published scientific literature. The service was first introduced as a pilot project in the fall of 2013 and was reviewed in 2015. Despite low levels of use at that time, NIH decided to extend the effort for another year or two in hopes that participation would increase. Unfortunately, usage has remained minimal, with comments submitted on only 6,000 of the 28 million articles indexed in PubMed.
While many worthwhile comments were made through the service during its 4 years of operation, NIH has decided that the low level of participation does not warrant continued investment in the project, particularly given the availability of other commenting venues.

• New comments will be accepted through February 15, 2018.
• Comments will continue to be visible on the PubMed and PubMed Commons websites through March 2, 2018.

Read the Complete Blog Post
See Also: PubMed Commons: A New Forum for Scientific Discourse (October  22, 2013)

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