Eternal September of the Corporate Open Source Project

I don't get it. Why does an author consider those equivalent:

> IRC has never really provided strong moderation tools as its largely antithetical to the beliefs of the platform. The intent is always that people can change and grow, this is why you can connect with no identity.

and

> Its almost a requirement for permitting certain kinds of personal growth to allow someone to completely throw away their old identity, and to allow this to happen without anyone actually knowing its happened.

You can have identity, moderation and at the same time allow throwing away old identities. Case in point: HN. I have my identity, and I can also discard it at any moment.