With all its merits, the traditional model of anonymous peer review clearly has flaws; (…). In the world of open science and science blogging, all these flaws can be – and have been – potentially addressed. The question, “How on earth did the reviewers and editors allow this paper to be published?” has appeared in blogs on more than one occasion. On the other hand, research that is consistently rejected by journals can be self-published on blogs. (…) In addition, responses from reviewers that seem unscrupulous or conspiratorial can also be aired out into the open.