You can only go as high on that scale as your opponent did. For example, you can’t refute the central point of an insult or an attempt at shaming without missing the point that it is simply meant to make you angry or meant to make others completely disregard you. Similarly, if the “argument” is incoherent babbling, you don’t refute it so much as point out that it’s nonsensical.
Every piece of information you give someone can be linked to every other piece of information.
Username + Votes is not a hard connection to make.
You’re the product on paid platforms, too.
And HTTPS does that. It’s encrypted.