As I see it, this was not meant to be a warning, or any sort of âpunitiveâ action. Itâs clear that Felix was just being helpful, and that the information was pretty public.
I saw it as a reminder of our general policy. Itâs not always clear how âpublicâ some information is[1], and itâs good to err on the safe side and let people decide what information they want to include in their posts and comments online.
see e.g. the famous case of Scott Alexanderâs legal name, which has always been very easy to Google, but he understandably didnât want it in the NYT article
As I see it, this was not meant to be a warning, or any sort of âpunitiveâ action. Itâs clear that Felix was just being helpful, and that the information was pretty public.
I saw it as a reminder of our general policy. Itâs not always clear how âpublicâ some information is[1], and itâs good to err on the safe side and let people decide what information they want to include in their posts and comments online.
Youâre very free to dox yourself if you want!
see e.g. the famous case of Scott Alexanderâs legal name, which has always been very easy to Google, but he understandably didnât want it in the NYT article