Royse777 requested that the thread be disassociated from his account, and although there is/was controversy surrounding Royse777, I didn't see any harm in it because it'd be blatantly obvious who created the topic for anyone who did a couple minutes of looking.
Yes, therefore it sort of defeats the object of anybody wanting to anonymise a thread in the first place.
Knowing the involvement of the community in this forum, I think any experienced user knows that after posting, it will hardly be possible for this post to be anonymous again. The only solution is to delete it and even then someone will have a historical record.
Therefore, Royse777's motive was not to hide. But that, too, is indifferent to me.