I Am Deleting the Blog

Post by Paul-ish » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 5:05 PM UTC

zajio1am wrote: post #577

I have been reading Slate Star Codex for a long time and consider it a source of many great texts, but i do not really get this step from Scott Alexander. Term 'doxxing' is a loaded term that may describe both revealing private information and revealing personal information researchable from public sources. While the former is condemnable, the later is more neutral and part of basic journalist work, especially if the…

Post by anoraca » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 5:09 PM UTC

Uhrheber wrote: post #75

I stopped trusting reporters about 35 years ago, when I personally witnessed an occurrence, where a reporter was at the scene, and later read what he had written about it in the newspaper. It had practically nothing to do with what really happened, but was written in a way that most of their readers would most likely expect and endorse. I was still very young then, but it opened my eyes, and from then on, I mostly st…

Post by starpilot » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 5:16 PM UTC

starpilot wrote: post #188

throwaway713 wrote: post #146

I have become increasingly frustrated with the NYT's reporting practices. They are very hypocritical about criticizing tech while continuing to advertise heavily on the same services they criticize to promote their journalism. A lot of what they publish nowadays is often "technically correct" but misleading to the point of being dangerous. That, combined with the philosophy of the younger journalists working there to…

> NYT feeds off of bipartisan hatred and conflict in order to make money This is how every newspaper that is reliant on ad views for revenue operates. You'll notice the ones that depend more on subscriptions , like Financial Times and WSJ, are noticeably less clickbaity or intentionally provocative. Also, I'll go out on a limb and guess that you work at Facebook - aren't you guilty of the same thing? Sowing ideologic…

Post by slvrspoon » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 5:19 PM UTC

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 5:34 PM UTC

DuskStar wrote: post #560

hn_check wrote: post #445

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I literally laughed out loud at this. And then I realized you are actually serious and I pondered the decline of Western civilization. And to be clear, the claim is that the NYT "cancelled" this blog by easily finding who the author is. No, the author cancelled this blog because they feel uncomfortable correlating the things they say with their professional persona. He could have done a better job with anonymity if t…

> where their opinion amazingly veered far right on virtually every topic If you think SSC, the blog that sources anything remotely controversial, is alt-right for the conclusions it comes to... Maybe you should show the issues in the logic that led him there? But I think you're doing a great job of demonstrating why he's afraid of having his name published.