Revere(s) on pseudonymous vs. anonymous blogging
Category: Public Health
No, this is not the same old beaten horse.
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The Pseudonymity Laboratory:
The Friday Fermentable: Philip White, Drinkster, and George Aldridge, Artist, Cartoonist, and Illustrator
Category: The Friday Fermentable
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...
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 11:32 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Pseudonymity Laboratory: The Home Stretch - Blogging About the Research Grant Process
Category: Academia
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...
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 11:02 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Pseudonymity Laboratory: When Authors and Bloggers Collide
Category: The Pseudonymity Laboratory
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.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 8:51 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Pseudonymity Laboratory: On Threatened or Actual Outing
Category: The Pseudonymity Laboratory
The salicious suspense of pseudonymity.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 3:30 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Pseudonymity Laboratory: Does Formal Certification Increase Credibility?
Category: The Pseudonymity Laboratory
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?
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 6:14 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Pseudonymity Laboratory: PhysioProf Provides Slide Number One
Category: The Pseudonymity Laboratory
Our dear comrade cuts to the chase. Our work here is done.
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The Pseudonymity Laboratory: Up from the Comments
Category: The Pseudonymity Laboratory
Turns out that pseudonymity is perceived as less significant than actual content in attributing authority. . .so far.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 8:49 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Pseudonymity Laboratory: Do you trust me?
Category: The Pseudonymity Laboratory
Dissecting the dead horse.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 6:30 PM • 28 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
