While Goodman did much of the writing, she regularly collaborated with DeuxMoi to confirm various details about the celebrity world and to include references to real-world events.

[4] When gossip is submitted to the DeuxMoi account, submitters often request anonymity by saying "anon pls" or a variation of the phrase.

[7] Booklist's Susan Macguire positively compared it to Lauren Weisberger's 2003 novel The Devil Wears Prada.

[10] Prior to the novel's publication, HBO Max and WBTV acquired the rights to develop Anon Pls.

[12] Fletcher Peters, of The Daily Beast, criticized the acquisition, writing that while she did not believe the DeuxMoi account to be actively malicious, the account's sharing of private details "is not the type of behavior that should be rewarded with a book, nor a TV show, nor the gorges of followers she's amassed on Instagram.