I consider having people giving feedback to have ‘skin in the game’ to be important for the accuracy of the feedback. Most people don’t enjoy discouraging others they have social ties with. Often reviewers without sufficient skin in the game might be tempted to not be as openly negative about proposals as they should be.
Maybe anonymity would be helpful here, the same way scientists do anonymous peer review?
Maybe anonymity would be helpful here, the same way scientists do anonymous peer review?