Steemit certainly does offer a different kind of as you say "known anonymity" with often more honest connections yet one could potentially never reveal a real name and identity. Although within the account a real person is supposed to be verified, that's sort of besides the point.

There is something about the wallet behind the account that makes a difference - one does want to be linked to this in a concrete way and this means that one's identity could be traced within the blockchain.

Additionally the investment of time steemit requires inspires more integrity (of course, I'm speaking generally). And of course the built in downvoting and how quickly people are reprimanded for spammy behavior really breeds a much "nicer" environment. All of which you pointed to....guess I'm just agreeing ;-). As always, I appreciate your thoughtful approach to issues.

And by the way, since I read your post on sarah silverman's response to a troll, all kinds of examples like this have crossed my path going back to last summer. Very cool to learn about how smartly and heartfully some have approached this troll epidemic!