(I’m not the OP.) How about nobody knows who submits it but the comment only appears if the mods approve it? And to deter rule-violating comments, maybe only people with a certain level of karma should be allowed to submit anonymous comments and they should lose a certain amount of karma if the comment is rejected (though we’d have to figure out how to hide that loss from the moderators)?
I would first opt for the low-effort approach: allow anonymous commenting and only have mods step in when it’s reported. If this doesn’t work, then you could have all anonymous comments moderated.
I think having a certain level of karma (not high) is a good addition.
How anonymous would you want this to be? Like would the mods still know who posted it?
(I’m not the OP.) How about nobody knows who submits it but the comment only appears if the mods approve it? And to deter rule-violating comments, maybe only people with a certain level of karma should be allowed to submit anonymous comments and they should lose a certain amount of karma if the comment is rejected (though we’d have to figure out how to hide that loss from the moderators)?
I would first opt for the low-effort approach: allow anonymous commenting and only have mods step in when it’s reported. If this doesn’t work, then you could have all anonymous comments moderated.
I think having a certain level of karma (not high) is a good addition.
I think the mods might know, as long as we won’t have too many mods. I have no strong opinion either way.