User blog comment:Semanticdrifter/Updates to COPPA/@comment-1915803-20130702145458/@comment-4811793-20130702150631

We are definitely watching the impact that these changes have. It seems reasonable to expect that there will be a general increase in registered users, but coupled with a general decrease in total number of edits as not every anonymous user is willing to register or is eligible to. We hope that over time, it balances out. Previous to this sweeping change, we had several wikis that already had anon editing disabled. Many flourished.