It isn't a good point - a blockchain is an open ledger. If this system discourages connecting transactions from fear of someone's reprisal, then its a broken system.
Just another nail in the self-voting bot coffin. Its all back-patting and power networks, apparently.
I appreciate your analysis, don't veer off course just because you're not "supposed" to connect the dots.
How are we going to fix anything if we don't know how its being used?
You are doing a great service to us all by tracing the connections.