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Re: _why's site is back up

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post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yup, you caught me. My point though, is that _why has made it clear that he wants to be left alone, and this HN endeavour seems to violate that. Maybe you're right and it is a new puzzle. And maybe he's back. (For what it's worth I posted that before most of the investigation.) Nevertheless though, given _why's wishes, this makes me uncomfortable, and I don't think it's unreasonable for me to acknowledge that.

You have it wrong. The man behind _why deleted his online presence because he grew tired of the persona and everything around it. At that point, people began searching for _why. This culminated in a Slate article that openly divulged his identity. That , is of course, crossing the line. If someone wants to distance themselves from an online tag, they should be allowed to in peace. Now, however, it seems that he's bro…

First, many of us knew _why's identity long before that Slate article. In the Ruby community, _why was a little like Santa Claus for a while. Just because people were protective of him and didn't want to divulge his identity doesn't mean they didn't know.

Second, I think you're attributing motives to _why that none of us can possibly know. He's never discussed his rationale for leaving, so I try not to project motives onto him.

Re: _why's site is back up

#76

Guys, unless he actually unveils something, just let this lie. _why did some great stuff, but he's just a man (and he wants to be left alone). If he plans on doing something, then let him, and let's discuss it if he does. But this is getting ridiculous and this sleuthing/snooping is uncomfortable. He renewed his domain name. We should be better than making this into news.

Just to be clear, the act we're talking about here isn't “guy caught on camera walking quickly from back door to car with tinted windows”.

Or “guy spotted at beach with kids and mystery woman”.

It's “guy publishes new content at his well-known internet domain”.

Re: _why's site is back up

#77

Guys, unless he actually unveils something, just let this lie. _why did some great stuff, but he's just a man (and he wants to be left alone). If he plans on doing something, then let him, and let's discuss it if he does. But this is getting ridiculous and this sleuthing/snooping is uncomfortable. He renewed his domain name. We should be better than making this into news.

Are you kidding me? This is a puzzle. He wouldn't restart his website unless he wanted attention. Edit: an article about _why, for those not in the know: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2012/03/...

Great read, thanks for the reference.

Re: _why's site is back up

#78
post #62

Oh my, did't know what was this all about. Just checked http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_the_lucky_stiff This _why guy is like Elvis/Garbo of the Ruby world. Can somebody share more about some specific inspiring stuff _why did that makes him such an important figure in Ruby community: Matz -> Ruby DHH -> Rails _why -> ?

He single handedly made everyone in the Ruby community feel a little more special and fun and light hearted and quirky. Kind of the opposite of a brogrammer.

Re: _why's site is back up

#80
post #56

I'm curious how this was noticed. I wonder if there just are people periodically checking his site, or if he pointed it out to someone/a few people and watched it spread?

I saw a tweet from Andy Matuschak and posted a link here as a result. I have no idea how he found out originally, unfortunately.

https://twitter.com/andy_matuschak/status/287702245645107200

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