In this day and age, considering the global nature of this ecosystem, it is increasingly less difficult to obtain a false identity to sneak into the council than to obtain and keep good reputation as a pseudo-anonymous community member.
Qualifications that look good on paper is worth nothing compared to a good reputation. And we have so many provably competent and valuable undoxxed members of community that enjoy trust and respect from said community. I don’t need to know Loafpickle’s real name to trust their judgement and honesty, no more than it helps me to know the real name of Bumgartner, who successfully scammed lots of people with seemingly impressive and trustworthy curriculum vitae.
We have been here, many for years, and have had sufficient time to get to know each other, even though hidden behind funny animal pictures.