Social pressure and consequence is necessary to maintain a civil community. Common identities create common bonds. Your comment history is there specifically so others can judge you as a person and decide whether interaction with you is worth the effort. That's better than the tendentious mess of only finding out you're dealing with a psychopath or serial troll after the rafters have caught fire.
Anonymity tends to lead to the most vile comments being made behind green alt accounts. This isn't 4chan, we don't want that here.
Anonymity tends to lead to the most vile comments being made behind green alt accounts. This isn't 4chan, we don't want that here.