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Re:I Am Deleting the Blog by catacombs on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @03:16PM (#23618818)
> So what? The story isn't about who Scott Alexander is. The story is about the blog.

It's about the blog and its author. It's like writing about a controversial book without any mention of the author. That's not possible.

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Re:I Am Deleting the Blog by zestyping on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @04:47PM (#23620037)
Is it necessary to reveal J. K. Rowling's real name in order to write an article about her controversial views? I think not.
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Re:I Am Deleting the Blog by philwelch on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @08:06PM (#23622123)
Funny you should mention that:

> A Warning is a 2019 book-length exposé of the Trump administration, anonymously authored by someone described as a "senior Trump administration official". It is a follow-up to an anonymous op-ed published by the New York Times in September 2018.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Warning_(book)

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Re:I Am Deleting the Blog by pdonis on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @03:29PM (#23619017)
> It's about the blog and its author.

The author's persona on the blog, yes. That doesn't mean the author's real name needs to be revealed.

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Re:I Am Deleting the Blog by kelnos on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @04:07PM (#23619551)
The author's name is irrelevant to that story, because the story is about the author only insofar is that relates to the blog, which is written under a pseudonym. In fact, it's actively confusing to bring anything but the pseudonym into this.
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