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Re:Who is Scott Alexander and what is he about? by beaconstudios on Saturday February 13, 2021 @10:50PM (#26129508)
> He said he was concerned about patients finding the pseudonym when they searched for his real name. Regardless of the content.

I figured the extension of "and the pseudonym relates to the content" is implied, as knowing "Scott Alexander Siskind" goes by "Scott Alexander" online is not very useful information.

> The NYT article made specific claims. It's up to the reader to decide what to infer.

"I've only ever seen pseudalopex on a forum that's known to be frequented by racists" is a specific claim that is true, but it's clearly making strong inferences about your character. Journalists play this game all the time in hit pieces.

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Re:Who is Scott Alexander and what is he about? by pseudalopex on Saturday February 13, 2021 @11:01PM (#26129552)
He was concerned about people finding Scott Alexander when they searched for Scott Siskind. Whether the NYT article would be positive or negative was irrelevant.

You analogy doesn't reflect the article.

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