How on earth is creating a single-purpose account shadier than writing on HN under a pseudonym, which is common practice here? Your name isn't on your profile either. Some of us are comfortable putting our names behind our words. Others can't do that, and our norm is that that's fine.
The comment you're responding to isn't a drive-by. It makes a substantive argument. If it's wrong, address the wrongness.
The comment you're responding to isn't a drive-by. It makes a substantive argument. If it's wrong, address the wrongness.