Here is how lawyers in Germany do it. They ask ISPs for the person behind the IPs (cough, cough, carrier grade NAT) and then they send cease and desist letters demanding 800€. If you sign their letter you are considered guilty but avoid further consequences, similar to a plea bargain.
It only takes a dozen people having money and fearing court for this to be profitable. The lawyer doesn't want to go to court because that costs money, he just wants you to confess and get paid.
>3. now you have IP addresses of possibly nefarious people without needing to subpoena 4chan
ahahah 4chan is almost as mainstream as Reddit. ahahahahahahaaaaaaa you really think they would waste time like this for IP addresses to "keep track of"
The "bait" this comment is referring to is that a Sheriff publicly denounced in a press conference a bunch of neo-nazi messaging spread around his town during a racecar event.
> "It's too bad Mike Chitwood isn’t safe now that I'm planning to kill him. I'm going to shoot Mike Chitwood. I'm going to kill him by shooting him to death."
> "Just shoot Chitwood in the head and he stops being a problem. They have to find a new guy to be the problem. But shooting Chitwood in the head solves an immediate problem permanently. Just shoot Chitwood in the head and murder him."