I think if we deanonymise now, there’s a strong chance that the next whistleblower will remember what happened as “they got deanonymised” and will be reluctant to believe it won’t happen to them. It kind of doesn’t matter if there’s reasons why it’s OK in this case, as long as they require digging through this post and all the comments to understand them. People won’t do that, so they won’t feel safe from getting the same treatment.
I think if we deanonymise now, there’s a strong chance that the next whistleblower will remember what happened as “they got deanonymised” and will be reluctant to believe it won’t happen to them. It kind of doesn’t matter if there’s reasons why it’s OK in this case, as long as they require digging through this post and all the comments to understand them. People won’t do that, so they won’t feel safe from getting the same treatment.