>>35
I think you're arguing about the specific example I gave, which is silly since that was just an example and not my main point. I'm just arguing that abstraction lowers costs (financial and temporal) by simplifying the design; simple designs are easier to create, reason about, and implement.
>>34
I wouldn't if 4chan had 420chan's behavior of assigning random names by IP. It can be hard to keep track of who's who on a thread, especially when there's a lot of back and forth (like in this thread!) I don't want to analyze the writing patterns and opinions of each post just to create a mental picture of some irrelevant thread.