'Anonymous' is used to mean something more powerful than just not having a real world name attached. What you're describing is more 'pseudonymous', though one could argue that messaging without encryption, over clearnet, on nostr, doesn't even fully achieve that.
I think earlier complaints about DMs were connected with NIP4 not being a well designed scheme.
waxwing /
npub1va…knuu7
2025-05-02 06:35:56
in reply to nevent1q…n6um
Author Public Key
npub1vadcfln4ugt2h9ruwsuwu5vu5am4xaka7pw6m7axy79aqyhp6u5q9knuu7Published at
2025-05-02 06:35:56Event JSON
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