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He was known before

• missedthecue 6y ago
  It took effort to find him, and it was possible. But he wasn't public about his identity prior to this, and in fact was making a deliberate effort to mask it. just because someone with a lot of time on their hands could technically have found his real name does not conflict with the parent's point.
  • DanBC 6y ago
    > But he wasn't public about his identity prior to this, I don't understand how people make this claim when had given out most of his real name, his profession, his state, and the kind of work he did. Finding SSC from his real name was easy, and finding his real name from SSC was easy.
  • techer 6y ago
    Well. I said he was known. Not publicly known. From his hand: “To stay anonymous, I wrote it under my first and middle names – Scott Alexander – while leaving out my last name.” This is hardly a major attempt at anonymity. Not that it matters but I’m very much in favour of remaining anonymous. I also am a fan of his writing.
    • dragonwriter 6y ago
      > This is hardly a major attempt at anonymity. Well, it's an attempt at pseudonymity, not anonymity. And it's a pretty weak attempt at that, too.