Because the IDW thrives on consumer popularity rather than peer scrutiny, it doesn’t have mechanisms for sorting out the worthwhile stuff from the trash. The burden is on the consumer to decide to what extent the dark web pundits have something valuable to offer or to what extent they’re "enlightenment peddlers."
One of the problems with the Intellectual Dark Web, in common with other online, non-academic outlets for discussing big ideas, is that it doesn’t have have any effective mechanisms for intellectual quality control. With this in mind, I’ve assembled a twelve-point checklist for evaluating what you might come across on the IDW and beyond.
知识分子暗网已经发展成为一种学术反主流文化，拥有庞大且快速增长的粉丝群。虽然有一些网站可以以无障碍的方式挑战想当然的正统观念，但我对这场运动的展开方式感到严重担忧。