Much of the discussion here seems to have become "anonymity vs. non-anonymity" --- i.e. either anonymity is good for research or it's bad for research. Why not

Much of the discussion here seems to have become "anonymity vs. non-anonymity" --- i.e. either anonymity is good for research or it's bad for research. Why not just accept that in some venues there will be anonymity, and in some not, and let them each develop according to the merits of the respective approaches? No need to have all research anonymous or all research clearly attributed to a public identity.