I don’t think that any of those justify not sending either your questions or a writeup of the post to the org in advance. They have a public email address. It’s at the bottom of their home page. I don’t think it’s a particularly excessive burden to send a copy once you’re done and give them a week. Perhaps two if they apologize and ask for a bit more time. I understand why people might be suspicious at the moment, but forcing people to scramble while on vacation is not a good norm. As you say, this post clearly wasn’t that time-sensitive. I don’t think that the Forum should have taken your post down, but that’s a much higher bar.
For comparison, when I posted a piece that was somewhat critical of CEA’s admissions and transparency policies, it was after I had asked in a more private Slack channel and gotten an answer I was not satisfied with. You can see that they clarified that they did inform people, and that others chimed in to thank me for informing them with the post.
Looking at this comment after Nonlinear, I think it holds up. There exists a point at which an org loses the (moral, not legal) right to see questions / a writeup in advance, and Nonlinear was past it. Legal threats, contacting the people you spoke with, and contacting your employer are classic examples of this. I am also sympathetic to journalists covering industries that are known to react strongly, such as oil and tobacco. But the items in the list you provide do not come close to the bar of the org being untrustworthy, and that is the bar I think must be cleared.
I don’t think that any of those justify not sending either your questions or a writeup of the post to the org in advance. They have a public email address. It’s at the bottom of their home page. I don’t think it’s a particularly excessive burden to send a copy once you’re done and give them a week. Perhaps two if they apologize and ask for a bit more time. I understand why people might be suspicious at the moment, but forcing people to scramble while on vacation is not a good norm. As you say, this post clearly wasn’t that time-sensitive. I don’t think that the Forum should have taken your post down, but that’s a much higher bar.
For comparison, when I posted a piece that was somewhat critical of CEA’s admissions and transparency policies, it was after I had asked in a more private Slack channel and gotten an answer I was not satisfied with. You can see that they clarified that they did inform people, and that others chimed in to thank me for informing them with the post.
Looking at this comment after Nonlinear, I think it holds up. There exists a point at which an org loses the (moral, not legal) right to see questions / a writeup in advance, and Nonlinear was past it. Legal threats, contacting the people you spoke with, and contacting your employer are classic examples of this. I am also sympathetic to journalists covering industries that are known to react strongly, such as oil and tobacco. But the items in the list you provide do not come close to the bar of the org being untrustworthy, and that is the bar I think must be cleared.
Do you mean Leverage or Nonlinear?
Nonlinear, thank you. Edited.