I have said in the past that I will not be participating in the "Bloggers for Peer-reviewed Research Reporting", which seems to have morphed into "Research Blogging".
Bloggers for Peer-Reviewed Research Reporting (BPR3): Why I won't be participating (yet?).
Blogging on Peer-Reviewed Research -- I still am not participating (yet).
I much prefer the new name, and I think (as I did previously) that this is a good service in general. Here is how they summarize their raison d'etre:
Do you like to read about new developments in science and other fields? Are you tired of "science by press release"? Research Blogging is your place. Research Blogging allows readers to easily find blog posts about serious peer-reviewed research, instead of just news reports and press releases.
However, once again, I will be declining to participate because of the icon. Nitpicky? Maybe. But here is what it now says:
I think discussing peer-reviewed research is excellent. Creating peer-reviewed research on blogs? No way.
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