https://twitter.com/melissamcewen/status/1275493977672777733
it seems Scott Alexander deleted SSC just as the reporter was going to get in touch with critics, and not just cheerleaders.
it seems Scott Alexander deleted SSC just as the reporter was going to get in touch with critics, and not just cheerleaders.
Since we are into speculation now, it seems you dislike(d) SSC? What stopped you from expressing this opinion instead of pointing to another source? I'm actually interested in how the current cultural divide seems to be rooted in individual psychological traits, think this example might have some insight.
PS. I'd actually love to see some of these critics
I have to admit, it makes a great what-if story. (Albeit the author does get some things wrong, e.g. Scott was not sloppy about preserving his privacy. He was just going about it in a different way than what OP assumes.)
Why would Scott delete everything and put a lynch pin on something that is really minor for the NYT to do in the scheme of things if he is really worried about thing Y?
Scott and his fans have absolutely turned it into a story now and attracted 100% of the NYT's attention. Doxing the journalist will do that.
(I also submit that this was absolutely predictable, unless you assume there are zero overenthusiastic fans of a popular site. Putting a call to action was going to lead to this result, even with a "please be polite" disclaimer.)
There's been one person doxed in the course of all this, and it's the journalist, not Scott.