Why is everyone anonymous?

Took some time off WSO and came back to 75%+ of the comments posted anonymously. Is it that hard to maintain confidentiality with your existing usernames? I understand for some comments, could be worthwhile to post as a total anon, but that's few and far between.

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They’re pussies. People on this website say lame shit they’d be embarrassed to say in public because they’d be hit in the mouth for it. A username isn’t enough anonymity for the amount of stupidity posted here by some of these guys. They have to go double anonymous. 

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I do believe it's some type of mental illness. If WSO added a new 3rd layer to be even more anonymous than simply Username (1st layer), and Industry - Seniority (2nd layer), many would still opt for this new 3rd layer

on a more serious tone, I do believe that it avoids studying someone's post history and infer who he might be based on his comments on his bank culture/lifestyle/background, which could become problematic if you're complaining about seniors or a bank (which is part of what WSO is also about, calling out the toxic people/cultures/ranting)

but unless you're complaining, it's just trolls/people that have inconsistent (retarded) views and feel they will get judged/called on their bullshit based on what they said in other threads

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