In Bitcointalk, discussions can sometimes be influenced by biases—whether it’s familiarity with a username, reputation, or preconceived notions about a member. This simple script ideally would replace the visible usernames with random anonymous aliases.
As they should be. If someone has been consistently posting accurate content for 5+ years on the forum, I'll be interested to read their comments in a thread to gain more insight. This does not mean I just skim past other comments without paying attention. When you relate it to a negative aspect, if a user is consistently a troll to me, I'll be right to have preconceived notions about them and wouldn't want to constantly read through their bs without knowing and wonder what this anonymous user is getting at.
For the most part, a neutral doesn't need to view the forum anonymously, everyone was once anonymous to then and through time and actions they built biases and notions, which are not inherently bad. And someone who isn't or was never a neutral will not be interested in this.
I however think this can be useful in reputation topics where users judge newbies harshly sometimes and indemnify members they are familiar with. This may also b a cool experiment to know if som users subconsciously merit certain users they are familiar with and if they'll still merit those same contents if they had no idea who was the author.