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Do casual readers of TDW really pay attention to the handles those stories were posted under? That certainly isn't the sort of thing I pay attention to, and if
by jlgreco 14y ago
Do casual readers of TDW really pay attention to the handles those stories were posted under? That certainly isn't the sort of thing I pay attention to, and if I did, I wouldn't expect that other people do.
I would expect that in 99% of the cases where the answer to "Do you read TDW?" is "yes" the answer to the followup "Have you read the posts by [foo]?" would be "...uh, I have no idea.".
This story seems completely fabricated to me for this reason. EDIT: Mind, if TDW had a different format, more like HN perhaps, this wouldn't have raised my eyebrows. If I were asked in an interview (after revealing that I participate on HN) what I thought of tptacek's take on javascript crypto, I would not be surprised in the least.
- kisielk 14y agoExactly. I didn't even know there were names attached to TDW stories at all. Is it a recent thing? I haven't been a regular for many years but read the occasional story here and there.
- jlgreco 14y agoI don't know. I used to read TDW enough that I could recognize one or two comment trolls by name but I never noticed names anywhere else on the site.
- itsybitsycoder 14y agoThe writing that is referred to is almost certainly from the Side Bar, not the main site. Articles posted on the main site aren't about the poster, they're submitted by users, then edited/embellished by the poster. I wasn't even aware that snoofle had posted to the main site before this, but I know him well from the Side Bar, where people submit their own personal WTFs. The interviewer's questions only make sense in reference to the Side Bar.