PubPeer Anonymous
You can now post comments on PubPeer completely anonymously. Not even a login is required.
PubPeer has always allowed anonymous comments, but it used to be that you had to log in, so the admins know who you are. Now you don’t even have to log in, so there’s no paper trail. Comments will be hand-reviewed, so they don’t post right away like other comments do. However, if a higher level of anonymity is required, this is the ticket.
Previously on Labrigger:
Post-publication peer review
PubPeer is taking off
UPDATE 1
Right now this doesn’t seem to be true. Although PubPeer sent around an email proclaiming a new feature: “No login required to leave comments”, a login dialog appears when clicking in a text box or trying to submit a comment.
UPDATE 2
PubPeer’s working on it. For the record, in the email PubPeer sent around about this new feature, it was listed as one of a list of features that “are implemented or on their way”.
We have finally implemented this anonymity feature. We rewrote a bunch of stuff on the backend and as we are scientists (not website designers) it took us a bit longer than it should have.
Comments submitted this way will be screened for spam. personal attacks, rumors, and compliments (we of course believe compliments are useful but want to avoid authors complimenting themselves…they’re permitted once logged in).
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