I've had conversations with people that seem to think that anonymity means that people are more prone to lie. I'm not sure this is true, I'd be surprised if it were true here, at Hubski. I think it's the opposite. When you know that your neighbor, mom, sister, former classmates etc can all see what you are saying and associate it with you, you're more likely to lie and to say that which is socially acceptable. I think in a community where anonymity exists we tend to get more honesty (sometimes brutal honesty) from people. Many of us have usernames here that can easily be traced to our real names (myself included) but the anonymity is just enough to allow me to speak freely. I agree with Chris Poole that we could potentially lose something extremely valuable if anonymity were to be tossed aside.