If you have ever been cyber stalked, you may prefer to have anon avatars, names etc. Having been stalked I prefer to have the option.
Most of us are pretty innocuous but trolls, scam bots, agenda pusher, junk sellers, etc are not something I want …
Be safe.
I saw Richard Stallman talking about GNU. The kids of Linus were running around the stage during the talk. That was the day I decided to be a penguin. My sort of freedom.