It's a no for me. Tons of people collaborate on online projects without ever knowing the identity of who they're dealing with.

When you throw in its origins on the cryptographic mailing list, it's probably considered the height of poor manners to ever enquire about who the person is at the other end.

Satoshi would gain zero advantage in letting anyone know his/her/their identity. It wouldn't have improved the project and would only cause potential problems.