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