(I gave it a small-downvote) I currently think that representation of the person in question is pretty inaccurate. I have various problems with them, one of the primary ones is that they threatened an EA community institution with a libel lawsuit, which you might have picked up I am not a huge fan of, but your comment to me seemed to be more likely to mislead (and to somewhat miasmically propagate a narrative I consider untrustworthy), and also that specific request for privacy still strikes me as illegitimate (as I have commented on the relevant posts).
your comment to me seemed to be more likely to mislead (and to somewhat miasmically propagate a narrative I consider untrustworthy)
Do you have a probability that the figure in question is sexually abusive? (Defined as “with full knowledge of the facts, >60% of readers of this comment would consider my original description fair, even after dropping the word ‘alleged.’”)
I didn’t look into the allegations myself because from my perspective, my opinion on that particular Voldemort figure seems more than a bit overdetermined. (But I agree that it’d be bad to falsely propagate an untrue narrative about a specific deficiency).
and also that specific request for privacy still strikes me as illegitimate
Fair. I’m pretty confused about the relevant norms here, I think (as I’m sure you/Ben/Lightcone have noticed) getting whistleblowers to talk is sometimes quite difficult, so respecting their wishes seems like a good heuristic/policy. But I haven’t thought about that particular policy in detail either.
(I gave it a small-downvote) I currently think that representation of the person in question is pretty inaccurate. I have various problems with them, one of the primary ones is that they threatened an EA community institution with a libel lawsuit, which you might have picked up I am not a huge fan of, but your comment to me seemed to be more likely to mislead (and to somewhat miasmically propagate a narrative I consider untrustworthy), and also that specific request for privacy still strikes me as illegitimate (as I have commented on the relevant posts).
Do you have a probability that the figure in question is sexually abusive? (Defined as “with full knowledge of the facts, >60% of readers of this comment would consider my original description fair, even after dropping the word ‘alleged.’”)
I didn’t look into the allegations myself because from my perspective, my opinion on that particular Voldemort figure seems more than a bit overdetermined. (But I agree that it’d be bad to falsely propagate an untrue narrative about a specific deficiency).
Fair. I’m pretty confused about the relevant norms here, I think (as I’m sure you/Ben/Lightcone have noticed) getting whistleblowers to talk is sometimes quite difficult, so respecting their wishes seems like a good heuristic/policy. But I haven’t thought about that particular policy in detail either.