For the record, I would prefer that moderators were not anonymous.

Also for the record, it's my belief that some moderators have targeted posters with who they have personal issues.

This subject was the topic of public discussion last year. And as a result of that public discussion, it appears that Joe Offer and Max are aware that some moderators have done things such as targeting certain posters with negative comments, deleting those posters' comments, and closing threads started by certain posters for reasons that appeared to be arbitrary.

In my opinion, there appears to have been some improvement in that activity.

Any improvement is welcome.

But if this community is to be the best it can be, such things shouldn't happen, and-if they do, there should be consequences imposed on those who misuse their authority.

Maybe there is {was} such consequences even if those consequences soley consist[ed] of being called to the red carpet and given a good talking to by Joe and/or Max.

In my opinion, if all moderators were known by name, this might happen less-but only if there are consistently applied consequences for such actions.