That comment is something of a non sequitur to me. Abstracting recently published papers doesn't strike me as a central example of a news feed, and I'm not sure why such abstracts don't belong in our open threads (granted, those abstracts might be better suited to the media thread).
I don't appreciate having information thrown at me without explanation. I visit the open thread (And LW) to see what people have to say. Unless the user is the publisher of the paper, they should be including their own reason for sharing; some kind of explanation of why this copy-paste is better than drivel found anywhere else on the internet.
I believe this lowers the standard of the place we have here to have an anonymous user posting in this way.
Multiple solutions:
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.
Notes for future OT posters:
1. Please add the 'open_thread' tag.
2. Check if there is an active Open Thread before posting a new one. (Immediately before; refresh the list-of-threads page before posting.)
3. Open Threads should be posted in Discussion, and not Main.
4. Open Threads should start on Monday, and end on Sunday.