Couldn't agree more, I use my own name just because I use it everywhere, but on HN it's not called out and I rarely look at the author unless I think "I bet XXX

Couldn't agree more, I use my own name just because I use it everywhere, but on HN it's not called out and I rarely look at the author unless I think "I bet XXX wrote this, yep they did" or "Who wrote this, I'd like to reach out to them". I think it helps, to a degree, to help prevent/lessen group-think and people taking someone's word as law.