> [1:] blogging from an oppressive regime > [2:] to isolate yourself from online mobs If we're talking about common, I'll add: 3: to normalize anonymity so t

> [1:] blogging from an oppressive regime > [2:] to isolate yourself from online mobs If we're talking about common, I'll add: 3: to normalize anonymity so that people in groups 1 and 2 stand out less, have less peer pressure to compromise themselves, and so that attackers have to spend more resources than if they could focus their attacks on the few people they actually want to target (compare HTTPS Everywhere and other "Encrypt all the things!" efforts).