I think provingmypoint here has a fair point. The cost of registering – even if it's just 3-4 clicks away – is not negligible, and it gives a very different si

I think provingmypoint here has a fair point. The cost of registering – even if it's just 3-4 clicks away – is not negligible, and it gives a very different situation by default. I won't discuss the merits of a reputation & voting system, but when everyone has an account, the actual result is that few people are anonymous in practice. And maybe that's not so bad. But on imageboards like 4chan, you will find very few people using names or even so-called "tripcodes" (the closest thing to an account), which means that by default to anyone that isn't a moderator, everyone is Anonymous in a sea of Anonymity. Of course every Internet forum keeps logs of what IP posted what, but as long as it's kept private, that's entirely besides the point.