(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’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.