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> Several Times staffers pushed back, noting that the paper was not “doxxing” Alexander, as that term is widely used to describe situations where the goal of re
by cgriswald 6y ago
> Several Times staffers pushed back, noting that the paper was not “doxxing” Alexander, as that term is widely used to describe situations where the goal of revealing a person’s identity is specifically to encourage harassment.
If ever there was proof that writing and reading comprehension are two different skills.
- Semaphor 6y agoEspecially as I always hard that term in the general, leaking someone’s information.
- e8e73ieurj 6y agoConsidering that we're talking about professional writers, it seems really unlikely that this argument was made with genuine sincerity rather than simply out of need for a passable defense to give their peers. "That's not even what doxxing means! You're being melodramatic!" sounds a lot better than "Who cares? It's a small blog and we're the NYT".