It's funny how the more sensible option always sounds "too complicated".I think we should tackle a single issue at a time.
You can check out my post above, where I explain it.As an addition to that, consider that the vote reporting shouldn't have had an adverse affect on the public community. But it did, because a large number of votes were deleted as a response. But let me ask you this:If the votes were legitimately bad votes, should their removal bother the community?If the votes weren't legitimately bad votes, their removal should bother the community, but the ire should be directed at the standard that judged them inappropriate.
The argument is simple:1. Knowing the identity of a reporter is immaterial to the substance of the report. The reported comment, vote, thread, etc. is a violation or it is not. The status of that violation does not change if it was reported by Bob vs. Alice.2. Knowing the identity of a report can only possibly introduce bias in how mods respond to reports. Mods should be objective.3. There is no problem that requires knowing the identity of a reporter.
What community powers do you observe this community as having, pertinent to the checks and balances you suggest for mods?As long as the community has the power to keep mods in check, I'm fine with it.
I disagree. Knowing the identity of a reporter is useful in weeding out spam reports, granting mods further ability to focus on stuff that actually matters. If a mod has a vendetta against X user, that user can bring it to the attention of the community as we've seen with the issues that have raised in the past several weeks and get it resolved out in the open.As such, my vote is no.
What community powers do you observe this community as having, pertinent to the checks and balances you suggest for mods?
I vote yes, voting should be anonymous.
The argument is simple:1. Knowing the identity of a reporter is immaterial to the substance of the report. The reported comment, vote, thread, etc. is a violation or it is not. The status of that violation does not change if it was reported by Bob vs. Alice.2. Knowing the identity of a report can only possibly introduce bias in how mods respond to reports. Mods should be objective.3. There is no problem that requires knowing the identity of a reporter.I disagree. Knowing the identity of a reporter is useful in weeding out spam reports, granting mods further ability to focus on stuff that actually matters. If a mod has a vendetta against X user, that user can bring it to the attention of the community as we've seen with the issues that have raised in the past several weeks and get it resolved out in the open.As such, my vote is no.
