My point was only that 17 years ago - and for more than a decade, reddit required no email address as a requisite to create an account... so it was truly anon..

My point was only that 17 years ago - and for more than a decade, reddit required no email address as a requisite to create an account... so it was truly anon... then they tie all (new) accounts to emails now - which makes it a trivial click for survelleince to ID your reddit account...