[reinaberg]

+1 to damien, but -1 to the concept of anonymous comments via a proxy on staff applications. hiding behind other community members without a valid reason to avoid taking responsibility for one's words isn't something that should be encouraged.

Bad take honestly, you should know full well that certain clique behaviors can make it unappealing to speak against certain members of the community. Not accusing damien of this, but it's valid to want to leave criticism without making yourself a potential target.

in my opinion, fear of harassment by a clique is valid, while fear of losing rep as a member of a clique is not valid.
i'll stop my responses here to avoid derailing damien's app. i just took issue with the hostility of the criticism and the way that the person making it was able to say it anonymously without needing to provide any context or evidence.