Gwern, harsh as you can sometimes be, your critical comments are consistently well-researched, cited, and dense with information.
The question is validity of the argument about non-participation in annual review, not direction of your conclusion in particular cases, which is influenced by many reasons besides this argument. If you like gwern’s comments for those other reasons, that doesn’t inform the question of whether non-participation in annual review should make you (or someone else) less charitable towards someone’s “reasons or goals in commenting harshly on LW” (in whatever instances that occurs).
The question is validity of the argument about non-participation in annual review, not direction of your conclusion in particular cases, which is influenced by many reasons besides this argument. If you like gwern’s comments for those other reasons, that doesn’t inform the question of whether non-participation in annual review should make you (or someone else) less charitable towards someone’s “reasons or goals in commenting harshly on LW” (in whatever instances that occurs).