I absolutely agree with this -- these cases are the only ones where the anonymous moderation is a problem.

Perhaps solving this problem (snarky mod comments) would alleviate the angst about anonymity as well. There's an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone here.

(self-moderated)

I seem to have posted the kind of un-constructive, snarky comment that irks me when I see other people do it. I could clarify the point I was trying to make but I doubt anyone is interested. Withdrawn.

Fair enough, and my off-the-cuff comment was neither helpful nor pertinent to the issue at hand, which I believe *is* a valid topic of discussion. I've removed my earlier comment.