Publishing anonymous opinions based on publicly known facts is indeed a venerable practice. If you publish anonymous claims of firsthand knowledge of facts, however, the reader had no basis to judge whether you are a reliable source.https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1186724289636175872 …
The Federalist Papers were written to people who could access and read the Constitution themselves. They didn't have to rely on Publius to verify the facts.