I have run forums in the past, none that I would care to name, we all have a past. I used to identify sock puppet accounts using IP addresses, but after a while I had to resort to looking at typos, and when this got sussed, I had to heavy moderate all new accounts.
People were using tor proxy to throw us off the IP addresses, they got proof readers to sort out typos, and then they got their friends to join and post on their behalf.
What I’m saying is that it can’t be obvious that someone connected to the Swanns is posting here. But then again we can’t be certain that they are not.