Category Archives: The Pseudonymity Laboratory

Revere(s) on pseudonymous vs. anonymous blogging

No, this is not the same old beaten horse.

The Friday Fermentable: Philip White, Drinkster, and George Aldridge, Artist, Cartoonist, and Illustrator

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, is a place that many have told me I must visit (although perhaps not now as they are experiencing record heat). In fact, a twist of science and friendships nearly brought me there for my sabbatical before I had a big change in my life. The University of Adelaide is outstanding […]

The Pseudonymity Laboratory: The Home Stretch – Blogging About the Research Grant Process

Well, PalMD and I have been working tirelessly on putting together a plan of discussion for the upcoming ScienceOnline’09 session on Anonymity and Pseudonymity – Building Reputation Online. Over the last several months, we have had a tremendous outpouring of comments on our own blogs and numerous other blogs that gives us far more fodder […]

The Pseudonymity Laboratory: When Authors and Bloggers Collide

Is snarky honest real-time discussion of a paper’s conclusions more constructive to the authors and the larger scientific enterprise than formal, reserved, and staid holding forth in the correspondence section of a classic clinical journal? Fact is that this discussion will be over even before the next issue of the journal comes out.

The Pseudonymity Laboratory: On Threatened or Actual Outing

The salicious suspense of pseudonymity.

The Pseudonymity Laboratory: Does Formal Certification Increase Credibility?

Are there any useful formal or semi-formal metrics for attesting to the authority or objectivity of a pseudonymous blogger? And what the heck is that HONcode certification in our sidebar anyway?

The Pseudonymity Laboratory: PhysioProf Provides Slide Number One

Our dear comrade cuts to the chase. Our work here is done.

The Pseudonymity Laboratory: Up from the Comments

Turns out that pseudonymity is perceived as less significant than actual content in attributing authority. . .so far.

The Pseudonymity Laboratory: Do you trust me?

Dissecting the dead horse.

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