Slate Star Codex update: NYT still at it, reopening on hold

Slate Star Codex update: NYT still at it, reopening on hold(reddit.com)

65 points by baoyu 5 years ago | 8 comments

hartator 5 years ago |

Some context?

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> NYT Is Threatening My Safety By Revealing My Real Name, So I Am Deleting The Blog

Ref: https://slatestarcodex.com/

eindiran 5 years ago | |

There were a few recent threads that provide some additional context:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23639335

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23913340

badRNG 5 years ago |

I'm sure I am opening myself up for some "whataboutism" criticism, but there does seem to be a discrepancy between the respect this site shows for Brian Krebs and the support shown for SSC in the face of NYT intentionally planning to doxx Scott.

iron0013 5 years ago |

He’s really milking it, isn’t he

kemonocode 5 years ago | |

His blog, his rules.

Regardless on the merit of his claims (at this point everybody knows who he is and if anything he'd be bringing more attention to his RL identity by continuing to pull these stunts) it's still appalling that the NYT insists on applying that double standard of protecting identities only when they please.

w0de02 5 years ago |

I’m not particularly impressed by Alexander refusing to put ‘skin in the game’ when it comes to his public and only perfunctorily anonymous writings. This all seems very petulant.

prepend 5 years ago | |

This is a curious comment as skin in the game doesn’t mean entire body in the game. I think Scott Alexander exhibits skin in the game through the risk that he has with the site in general.

aneeshm 5 years ago | |

What's your name?