Quinn Norton Named to New York Times Editorial Board

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One reason HN readers may have come across Quinn Norton is her account of the kafkaesque trial against Aaron Swartz, which she witnessed up close. It appeared in the Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/03/life-...

Another reason might be her palling around with Nazis like weev and being a fan of Nazis like John Rabe[1].

But she's been unhired already[2].

[1] https://medium.com/quinn-norton/the-morality-of-john-rabe-f9... [2] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/business/media/quinn-nort...

Yup. That sure was fast.

She's being dragged hardcore for using "bad language" in various tweets. I've only seen the individual tweets themselves without context, so it's hard to judge tone & intent.

Anyone have insight?

> it's hard to judge tone & intent.

I don't think there's any "tone & intent" that can make using "fag" as a pejorative ok.

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