Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck If you are a Rationalist or adjacent I recommend you lock /now/ I was just told (major media outlet) is preparing a hit piece on SSC I don't have provenance for this claim but feel free to spread word or otherwise respond appropriately
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further resolution: 1. Reporter reached out to a discord mod for comment 2. Tech reporter rather than culture which seems relatively good 3. Not certain to be a Proper hit piece but my bead is that in this time legibility is indistinguishable from threat
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LEAVE SCOTT ALEXANDER ALONEpic.twitter.com/3BN4lfP1Bo
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more I guess the reporter probably pulled an attendence list for a meetup and is contacting them one at a time He apparently hasn't reached out to Scott yet Not sure whether investigative reporting SOP or if the kind of thing you do if you want to crush someone
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Definitely the latter. This is going to be ugly
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They will fish for anyone who will tell them a story about racism, sexism, or preferably both. They may already have one such story and are looking for anyone willing to corroborate it. The piece will be like “beneath a ‘rational’ exterior is a culture of abuse, racism, misogyny’
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