It's a tough nut to crack. There is genuine utility in being able to follow the respondents in a thread like this. I'm responding to u/ouid but will the next reply to this be from u/ouid or someone new who hasn't been a part of the conversation until now? This alters the dynamic of how the conversation continues to flow.
Of course, once you place a tag of any kind on someone's posts, you can begin to build a profile that destroys any anonimity. Perhaps a randomly generated number that persists in this article's comments but resets to something new on the next one? That gets unwieldy in a hurry and probably still allows the site operator to build a profile.
Of course, once you place a tag of any kind on someone's posts, you can begin to build a profile that destroys any anonimity. Perhaps a randomly generated number that persists in this article's comments but resets to something new on the next one? That gets unwieldy in a hurry and probably still allows the site operator to build a profile.