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AFAICT she was just pushing her own career by doing a high profile piece. I challenged her on Twitter and asked her to remove the piece. She replied that he wa

• afarrell 5y ago
  _why was no more famous than someone who writes for a newspaper under her own name. For a journalist to advocate privacy violation and do so practice …sounds like she is creating a world she would not feel safe to live in.
  • pygy_ 5y ago
    Definitely. _why, expecting to remain anonymous, had also shared personal info about his family intermingled in the rest of his fiction prose. This may be why he vanished when his real identity was leaked. I thought at the time that these accounts were fictional too, but I learned they weren't when the journalist revealed it, not understanding she had crossed further boundaries.