1 public investigation is worth 3-10 private cases not being addressed/punished
As long as a public exposé reaches 3-10X more people, this seems entirely plausible.
Influence in EA is not uniformly distributed, nor is access to information, nor is ability to draw inferences from information.
But the potential to be hurt by bad actors is (Edit: or, arguably, people with less influence and less access to non-public information are actually more likely to get hurt).
As long as a public exposé reaches 3-10X more people, this seems entirely plausible.
Influence in EA is not uniformly distributed, nor is access to information, nor is ability to draw inferences from information.
But the potential to be hurt by bad actors is (Edit: or, arguably, people with less influence and less access to non-public information are actually more likely to get hurt).