Yes, most people is only looking for a coin where normal people like in this forum cant trace back his coins, not to perform an huge illegal act that can attract the nsa. even if you buy things in black markets with bitcoins nobody will tell you anything.
In other words, if you mention your address on a forum once, nobody should be able to tell the address balance from the blockchain. That's what anonymity means to normal people. There should be no rich list, and no idea who owns what. If the blockchain reveals the balance of anyone's address then it is not an anonymous cryptocurrency, not even for "normal people".