Habryka seems to think there was significant underreaction to shady info: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/b83Zkz4amoaQC5Hpd/time-article-discussion-effective-altruist-leaders-were?commentId=nGxkHbrikGeTxrLjZ
I think you have to balance cost of false negatives against cost of false positives.
Habryka seems to think there was significant underreaction to shady info: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/b83Zkz4amoaQC5Hpd/time-article-discussion-effective-altruist-leaders-were?commentId=nGxkHbrikGeTxrLjZ
I think you have to balance cost of false negatives against cost of false positives.