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Where is this canceling occurring? I saw quite a few people here, as well as the two SSC subreddits, going out of their way to encourage polite outreach to the

Where is this canceling occurring? I saw quite a few people here, as well as the two SSC subreddits, going out of their way to encourage polite outreach to the editor and to avoid antagonizing the actual author. So far as to discourage the naming of the author. Not denying it may be happening, it just does not seem to jive with the majority response (in my bubble).

mrkurt 6y ago
I'm not sure how directly the cancelling is affiliated with SSC, but the #ghostnyt hashtag is a pretty good cancellation motion. The only thing that's really reached my bubble has been outrage and cancellation, though. https://twitter.com/hashtag/ghostnyt https://twitter.com/hashtag/ghostnyt
- whatshisface 6y ago
  "They tweeted something bad" -> "get them fired," is substantially different from, "the reporters working for this organization are dangerous," -> "don't talk to them." One is going on the offense, the other is defensive.
- charia 6y ago
  I'm fairly sure that #ghostnyt was a reaction to the NYTimes airing of the Tom Cotton op-ed. I don't doubt that some SSC fans latched onto it, but I'd be surprised if even a third of those using #ghostnyt were from SSC aligned people.
- lkbm 6y ago
  EDIT: Would work better if I spelled "NYT" correctly. Oops. Still looks like all SA tweets, though[1]. EDIT 2: Whoops, this was meant as a reply to charia's point. This reply about Scott Alexander appears to be the first usage[0]: https://twitter.com/ChrisSt41125908/status/1275557789415464962 https://twitter.com/ChrisSt41125908/status/12755577894154649... [0] https://twitter.com/search?q=until%3A2020-06-24%20since%3A2020-01-01%20%23ghostnyc&src=typed_query https://twitter.com/search?q=until%3A2020-06-24%20since%3A20... [1] https://twitter.com/search?q=until%3A2020-06-24%20since%3A2020-01-01%20%23ghostnyt&src=typed_query https://twitter.com/search?q=until%3A2020-06-24%20since%3A20...

mrkurt 6y ago

I'm not sure how directly the cancelling is affiliated with SSC, but the #ghostnyt hashtag is a pretty good cancellation motion. The only thing that's really reached my bubble has been outrage and cancellation, though. https://twitter.com/hashtag/ghostnyt https://twitter.com/hashtag/ghostnyt

whatshisface 6y ago
"They tweeted something bad" -> "get them fired," is substantially different from, "the reporters working for this organization are dangerous," -> "don't talk to them." One is going on the offense, the other is defensive.
charia 6y ago
I'm fairly sure that #ghostnyt was a reaction to the NYTimes airing of the Tom Cotton op-ed. I don't doubt that some SSC fans latched onto it, but I'd be surprised if even a third of those using #ghostnyt were from SSC aligned people.
lkbm 6y ago
EDIT: Would work better if I spelled "NYT" correctly. Oops. Still looks like all SA tweets, though[1]. EDIT 2: Whoops, this was meant as a reply to charia's point. This reply about Scott Alexander appears to be the first usage[0]: https://twitter.com/ChrisSt41125908/status/1275557789415464962 https://twitter.com/ChrisSt41125908/status/12755577894154649... [0] https://twitter.com/search?q=until%3A2020-06-24%20since%3A2020-01-01%20%23ghostnyc&src=typed_query https://twitter.com/search?q=until%3A2020-06-24%20since%3A20... [1] https://twitter.com/search?q=until%3A2020-06-24%20since%3A2020-01-01%20%23ghostnyt&src=typed_query https://twitter.com/search?q=until%3A2020-06-24%20since%3A20...