It's funny that you mention the part where you'd like to start using the site anonymously, because that was the way I had originally planned to differentiate myself in this space.

What you're describing is what I was thinking to almost a 'T'. Have two voting ranges, one for registered users and one for anonymous users. Sounds like I need to jump back into that and start building that out as a feature.

Thanks for the comments guys, these really make a difference.