This is incredibly, incredibly sad.
A writer at the New York Times is apparently going to reveal the identity of the author of Slate Star Codex, so he is shutting the blog down.
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Slate Star Codex is one of the most thoughtful places on the Internet.
Linked to by over 3 million sites, an untold number of fans, and all for free by an anonymous author.
And a journalist wants to expose it for no particular reason; nothing more than a few clicks.
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I know people who were asked for comment on the story
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Taylor’s principal purpose as a journalist seems to be to harm people she dislikes. It parallels the broader direction of journalism as activism, one reason it’s become such a destructive force in the world.
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Just to add fuel to this fire, I was already looking for a reason to cancel my NYT subscription. They *really* don't want you to do that. It's an obvious dark pattern. It took me over 20 minutes of waiting around waiting to cancel. Not awesome.
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i found that it was easier to call my CC company and cancel my credit card, and get a new one, than to cancel my NYT subscription
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This is terrible. Why are journalists like this? I have to assume they deliberately wanted to destroy it, maybe because it interferes with their desire to mislead the public.
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