I had no idea The Last Psychiatrist stopped writing because he got doxxed. I enjoyed his blog and was sad it stopped updating.
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#62This might be a controversial opinion, but I have just one word to describe most journalists nowadays: "scum". They seek exciting and sensationalist stories without regard for any consequences in the real world. They twist their stories to manipulate the readers towards their viewpoint. But worst of all, they have the gall to present themselves as the upholders of morality and the paragons of democracy. Any criticism…
There's a novel by Balzac (forgot which one), which shows the behind-the-scenes of mid-XIX century Paris journalism. It's essentially the same as you described, but also, the journalists don't flaunt their views, but rather their masters' (the owners of the papers).
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#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sorry for the unrelated question, but I'm not from the US and I'm curious, what does this mean? 844-NYTNEWS Do landlines phones have letters in the US? Is it pressing a number several times? And also mentioning that I'm grateful for SSC to exist. I rarely comment but it's a refreshing community.
1 | 2 | 3 | ABC | DEF -----|-----|----- 4 | 5 | 6 GHI | JKL | MNO -----|-----|----- 7 | 8 | 9 PQRS | TUV | WXYZ -----|-----|----- * | 0 | # | + | Now 0800-INFO becomes 0800-4636 — you just press the key corresponding to the letter once.
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#64Edit: this comment was not constructive.
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#65> He told me it would be a mostly positive piece about how we were an interesting gathering place for people in tech, and how we were ahead of the curve on some aspects of the coronavirus situation. It probably would have been a very nice article. Unfortunately, he told me he had discovered my real name and would reveal it in the article, ie doxx me. ... When I expressed these fears to the reporter, he just said that…
A New York Times reporter was also involved in that incident.
https://medium.com/@therealsexycyborg/shenzhen-tech-girl-nao...
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#66This is a tragedy, Scott Alexander is such a thoughtful writer. I wish journalists would come up with some professional standards and make the title licensed, like doctor or lawyer. Right now we all recognize how important journalism is but journalists themselves run the gamut from ethical investigative journalists to clickbait manufacturers. Imagine if journalists also had to adhere to the equivalent of attorney cli…
A standards body maybe. But do you not see some ethical concerns of licensing that tells people how to conduct journalism? Freedom of the Press, but only for those who the governing body deems fit?
The whole point of a license is to reduce the gamut of people who can practice a profession to just those people who do it the way the license specifies. In a world such as ours, and a country such as the US, it will inevitably become the target of corruption and a position of immense power over the media. Even if it could be a good idea, I don't believe we live in a world where it would be executed in a way that maintains freedom of the press.
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#67> He told me it would be a mostly positive piece about how we were an interesting gathering place for people in tech, and how we were ahead of the curve on some aspects of the coronavirus situation. It probably would have been a very nice article. Unfortunately, he told me he had discovered my real name and would reveal it in the article, ie doxx me. ... When I expressed these fears to the reporter, he just said that…
FYI: probably shouldn’t look up Naomi Wu during work hours lolll
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#68This was in a piece specifically about the blog that was going to be positive, which makes this all the more inexplicable.
I see no particular reason to believe that the piece was going to be positive.
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#69This is a tragedy, Scott Alexander is such a thoughtful writer. I wish journalists would come up with some professional standards and make the title licensed, like doctor or lawyer. Right now we all recognize how important journalism is but journalists themselves run the gamut from ethical investigative journalists to clickbait manufacturers. Imagine if journalists also had to adhere to the equivalent of attorney cli…
Aren’t they already a legally protected profession?
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#70I'd take what Scott Alexander has to say about this with a grain of salt. He is a bit obsessed with people who criticize him on the internet, going as far as to write about his borderline paranoid suspicions behind people making fun of him online in several of his blog posts. Some people can't handle the judgment that comes with being a somewhat public figure, and Scott is one of them.
He's most likely aware that he can't handle that level of judgment. Lots of people can't! That's why he's elected not to become a public figure, and why it's so toxic for the NYT to try and make him one against his will.