This seems right to me—personally I am more likely to read a post if it is by someone I know (in person or by reputation). I think selfishly this is the right choice as those posts are more likely to be interesting/​valuable to me. But it is also perhaps a bad norm as we want new writers to have an easy route in, even if no-one recognises their name. So I try to not index too heavily on whether I know the person.
This seems right to me—personally I am more likely to read a post if it is by someone I know (in person or by reputation). I think selfishly this is the right choice as those posts are more likely to be interesting/​valuable to me. But it is also perhaps a bad norm as we want new writers to have an easy route in, even if no-one recognises their name. So I try to not index too heavily on whether I know the person.