A prominent tech and political blogger says he was contacted recently by The New York Times as part of a story they planned to write about his blog. The reporter, however, told the blogger the outlet would use his real full name in an article that seemed to be fairly positive about the blog. Because the Times planned to out the blogger, he says he was forced to delete his blog to protect his job and his family.
Scott Alexander (whose real last name has been kept a secret) ran the blog Slate Star Codex until this week. In a lengthy final post, he explained why he was shutting down the blog:
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