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NYT decided to dox him. He decided that they were going to do so regardless of what he did, upended his own life to minimize the damage that'd occur when his n
by chipsa 6y ago
NYT decided to dox him.
He decided that they were going to do so regardless of what he did, upended his own life to minimize the damage that'd occur when his name got released, and did so, in order to ensure that his real name and his pseudonym got linked on his own terms, not theirs.
If NYT didn't decide to dox him, the entire second paragraph wouldn't have happened.
He deserved pseudonymity for the same reason you or I deserve pseudonymity.
- ketamine__ 6y ago> NYT decided to dox him. Scott published his identity long ago. Scott doxed himself I guess? > He deserved pseudonymity for the same reason you or I deserve pseudonymity. Why? Because you say so?
- notadev 6y agoWhat is your first and last name?
- dang 6y agoWould you please stop perpetuating this tedious flamewar? Not perpetuating flamewars, and especially not perpetuating them by getting nastier as you go along, is more important than how right you are or feel you are. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- ketamine__ 6y agoI don't understand why you are insulting me. I've been nothing but respectful towards others and have posted proof of my claims. The people being nasty are the others responding to my comments. Am I responsible for them? Obviously this is a touchy subject for some on here because Sam Altman and many other YC alums love this man. Does that mean I can't post a critical comment?
- dang 6y agoI certainly didn't mean to insult you! It's just that this is a classic flamewar topic that has been argued to death many times, and your comments in this thread were feeding the flamewar more than anyone else's I saw, both in quantity, and in quality—specifically, pushing increasingly toward hostility. Hostility is the opposite direction to the curious conversation we want here. Sam, YC, et. al., have nothing to do with this—it's just bog-standard HN moderation. If you don't believe me, here are 5,000 examples: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20flame&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que....
- ardy42 6y ago> NYT decided to dox him. Not really. "Doxing" [1] is from message board culture, but the NYT is not some poster on a message board. To expect them to abide by message board law in their newspaper as if they're just a poster on reddit is like expecting an American to live by Chinese law and custom in America. [1] At least in the sense of using someone's real name.