User blog comment:ThisIsLucid/Practically a banning note, but what the heck!/@comment-27838637-20170125133026/@comment-24101790-20170125203411

People can create multiple accounts and sit on them or just make minor comments. It really wouldn't do much to prevent that. As for IP posting alongside that, it would be a really bad idea for users to give out personal information that could be used to get their general location.