I did it. I wrote 4,000 words about the Slate Star Codex article and put it on my heretofore dead Substack. I will almost certainly regret it for a million reasons, but I am a masochist, so here it is:https://mynewbandis.substack.com/p/slate-star-clusterfuck …
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Replying to @espiers
I'm amazed you wrote 4000 words and didn't mention Scott Alexander's anonymity. The threat to dox him was a huge part of his beef with the NYT.
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Replying to @erikcorry
Because he wasn't doxxed. His name was already public, just not on his post. And he's the one who made it public! And there's no credible evidence that the NYT threatened him with anything.
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That's an argument. But not an argument for leaving it out of the article. I don't believe you can understand his feeling of victimization without this aspect. (Are you saying someone who Googled his professional name would be lead directly to SSC? That's the relevant direction.)
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Replying to @erikcorry
You'd need an argument TO leave it out, which no one has convincingly made, IMO. I wrote an unbylined blog in 2003 and when the Times covered it, they didn't hesitate to note that I was the person writing it and neither did any other outlet.
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I also find the idea that Scott is being victimized ludicrous. His name is public and easily because HE put it out there. If he's so worried about privacy now, he can't blame the journalist. He made himself public.
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He did it because it was of professional benefit to him and stroked his ego, like when he wanted to be published in print in a book of essays
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