The whole idea is wrong and leads to the marginalization of the Bitcointalk community. It is almost certainly leading the forum towards the introduction of KYC and is sliding to become a training ground for Gambling and NFT discussions.
I was thinking exactly the same thing, why else would theymos even mention KYC in the first place with new rules, it's like preprograming to later accept this change easier.However, it's not like I would do much better if I was in his shoes, there was obvious danger of someone seizing and shutting down bitcointalk if we continued business like usual.
It is even possible to register on Google without KYC. It's a bit unbelievable to me that this is a theymos statement. 
Yeah but I think not for long.They are already making big changes with fighting ad blockers and verification is surely one of their wet dreams, since they already have Gpay.
It's a bit like if the TalkGold forum banned advertising banking services 
And not allowing member to talk about them like they used to. I am sure members are going to adapt with time, at least for few more years, as long as overlords allow us to exist, own something and be happy.
I think the biggest issue is probably the worry about people being banned for merely mentioning a mixer but you have to be careful about creating loopholes for those that wish to promote them here and people can and will be sneaky about trying to skirt any restrictions.
I thought the whole point is that bitcointalk forum is officially not supporting mixer ads anymore, and I can understand that, but I never saw mods so zealous about real scams.I don't share this fear. KYC would leave only spammers with bought identities on Bitcointalk, all good users will abandon it.
I can agree on that and I would do that, but how much question is how many good members we have in forum...I think big majority would perform verification for few mili-bitcoins.