artist, I wonder if you might care to explain what it is about anonymous postings that bothers you so much --- that is, in what way would excluding anonymous replies enhance your perlmonks experience? Are there particular threads where i) one or more anonymous replies are somehow bothersome to you, and ii) you would be less bothered if those replies were associated with a registered monk? What is your perceived gain from having and using such an option?

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. Ralph Waldo Emerson; The Conduct of Life, 1860