What Is SocArXiv? | The Scholarly Kitchen

"In the wake of these pseudo-controversies [about SSRN], we have SocArXiv. While it has been stated that SocArXiv was in the works prior to the announcement of the SSRN sale to Elsevier, their timing could not be better. They are hoping to capitalize on the growing discontent with SSRN...."

[Note that in the comment section, SocArXiv corrects many inaccuracies in the blog post.]