Sure, and I regularly do (“Well, if situation X seems like it would produce anecdote Y, then all anecdote Y shows us is that situation X happened, not that contention Z is necessarily true—only if situation X shows us that contention Z is true”).
I would surmise that not all commentors are willing to be that forgiving.
Can we be forgiving and assume that multiple anecdotes fail because they have a consistent bias related to how they are obtained?
Sure, and I regularly do (“Well, if situation X seems like it would produce anecdote Y, then all anecdote Y shows us is that situation X happened, not that contention Z is necessarily true—only if situation X shows us that contention Z is true”).
I would surmise that not all commentors are willing to be that forgiving.