On the contrary, it makes it harder to immediate spot and ignore shitposters or people who consistently make really stupid posts on certain kinds of thread, of

On the contrary, it makes it harder to immediate spot and ignore shitposters or people who consistently make really stupid posts on certain kinds of thread, of which sort there are several very active posters. It's a big part of why a certain kind of trolly posting thrives on HN in a way that it doesn't some other places with sigs or user images or otherwise more-prominent user ID. My kingdom for an ignore-list.