Decision Justification

When feedback vanishes, trust in transparent review systems is tested

Transparency in peer review is fragile when comments vanish without explanation. An AC's summary of reviewer concerns, answered point by point, only to disappear, raises legitimate questions about accountability. Users deserve clarity on whether this is a platform glitch or a deliberate edit. Hiding the trail helps no one, least of all the authors who engaged in good faith. For a deeper look at how structured reasoning can go wrong, our piece on paragraph structure in LLMs offers a useful parallel.