I think in lieu of this suggestion and given this statement, yes, that the comments cannot be screened. If a player is concerned about their application being seen, that they can lock it to the moderator accounts only and anything but. It's only fair and that at least gives us players a gauge of how many applications are in.

Furthermore, there's going to be upset people regardless of what comes out of this. It's not going to be easy. But it's important for people to remember you cannot please every anonymous commenter and that do what you can to avoid things that make you upset.

I say let the comments be unscreened as well, lock it to the moderator account if needed for just this one time. But mods, you do a great job with what you've got already and I think Gimli and Ganondorf-mun make excellent points!