But doesn't the point still stand that the reason why Tao refuses random papers is due to bandwidth/capacity issues? The public faces the same problems, which is why credentials are generally more useful than the lack of it. One of the reasons this is even coming up was due to readers feeling that there was an attempt by the author to obscure over this issue of credibility.

And randomly selecting an expert from a field seems a bit off when there are institutions and professionals who have developed _reputation_?