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https://twitter.com/melissamcewen/status/1275493977672777733 https://twitter.com/melissamcewen/status/1275493977672777733 it seems Scott Alexander deleted SSC

https://twitter.com/melissamcewen/status/1275493977672777733 https://twitter.com/melissamcewen/status/1275493977672777733 it seems Scott Alexander deleted SSC just as the reporter was going to get in touch with critics, and not just cheerleaders.

zozbot234 6y ago
Along the same lines: https://www.stationarywaves.com/2020/06/slate-star-codoxxed.html https://www.stationarywaves.com/2020/06/slate-star-codoxxed.... I have to admit, it makes a great what-if story. (Albeit the author does get some things wrong, e.g. Scott was not sloppy about preserving his privacy. He was just going about it in a different way than what OP assumes.)
- novok 6y ago
  That blog article doesn't make much sense although, because the NYT could post an article with his pseudonym only, which is pretty minor in the scheme of things, and still have all the purported negative fallout that Scott could theoretically be worried about. Why would Scott delete everything and put a lynch pin on something that is really minor for the NYT to do in the scheme of things if he is really worried about thing Y?
  - davidgerard 6y ago
    I'm not even involved with this SSC takedown thing, and I got a call from the NYT on Friday asking about it, as an expert on the rationalists and on neoreaction. Scott and his fans have absolutely turned it into a story now and attracted 100% of the NYT's attention. Doxing the journalist will do that.
    - zozbot234 6y ago
      Scott did not doxx the journalist. He encouraged people to send polite and appropriate feedback to NYT editors-- so it makes sense that this is getting their attention.
      - davidgerard 6y ago
        His fans absolutely did, this is a thing that happened. (I also submit that this was absolutely predictable, unless you assume there are zero overenthusiastic fans of a popular site. Putting a call to action was going to lead to this result, even with a "please be polite" disclaimer.) There's been one person doxed in the course of all this, and it's the journalist, not Scott.
        kortilla 6y ago
        Doxxer gets doxxed, news at 10.
tiziniano 6y ago
I'm not into speculation but your speculation about SA, says more about you than it might say of him. Since we are into speculation now, it seems you dislike(d) SSC? What stopped you from expressing this opinion instead of pointing to another source? I'm actually interested in how the current cultural divide seems to be rooted in individual psychological traits, think this example might have some insight. PS. I'd actually love to see some of these critics

zozbot234 6y ago

Along the same lines: https://www.stationarywaves.com/2020/06/slate-star-codoxxed.html https://www.stationarywaves.com/2020/06/slate-star-codoxxed.... I have to admit, it makes a great what-if story. (Albeit the author does get some things wrong, e.g. Scott was not sloppy about preserving his privacy. He was just going about it in a different way than what OP assumes.)

novok 6y ago
That blog article doesn't make much sense although, because the NYT could post an article with his pseudonym only, which is pretty minor in the scheme of things, and still have all the purported negative fallout that Scott could theoretically be worried about. Why would Scott delete everything and put a lynch pin on something that is really minor for the NYT to do in the scheme of things if he is really worried about thing Y?
- davidgerard 6y ago
  I'm not even involved with this SSC takedown thing, and I got a call from the NYT on Friday asking about it, as an expert on the rationalists and on neoreaction. Scott and his fans have absolutely turned it into a story now and attracted 100% of the NYT's attention. Doxing the journalist will do that.
  - zozbot234 6y ago
    Scott did not doxx the journalist. He encouraged people to send polite and appropriate feedback to NYT editors-- so it makes sense that this is getting their attention.
    - davidgerard 6y ago
      His fans absolutely did, this is a thing that happened. (I also submit that this was absolutely predictable, unless you assume there are zero overenthusiastic fans of a popular site. Putting a call to action was going to lead to this result, even with a "please be polite" disclaimer.) There's been one person doxed in the course of all this, and it's the journalist, not Scott.
      - kortilla 6y ago
        Doxxer gets doxxed, news at 10.

tiziniano 6y ago

I'm not into speculation but your speculation about SA, says more about you than it might say of him. Since we are into speculation now, it seems you dislike(d) SSC? What stopped you from expressing this opinion instead of pointing to another source? I'm actually interested in how the current cultural divide seems to be rooted in individual psychological traits, think this example might have some insight. PS. I'd actually love to see some of these critics