Pseudonymity vs Anonymity
The cluster centers on debates distinguishing pseudonymity from anonymity, especially for bloggers like Gwern and Scott Alexander, including discussions on the effectiveness of pseudonyms, doxxing risks, and ethics of revealing real names.
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A known pseudonym doesn't destroy anonymity?
Well, he wouldn't be anonymous then, would he?
I've been reading this guy off and on since he was Yvain on Less Wrong.This is a really fucking strange place to take a stand when his name has been public knowledge for...almost forever. The guy physically meets people at conventions and the like and introduces himself with his full name. It's been less of a secret than who The Stig (top gear) is. NYT may or may not be doing a big wrong here, but it's a fruitless act by [insert name here] given that his name always already pub
He's not anonymous, he's pseudonymous, which is a distinction with considerable difference.
The guy uses his real name on brightjourney (also his entire profile is up) and now this post is on the front page of HN just makes things worse.
Yeah, that's a good point. I was trying to be respectful of the author's wishes around pseudonymity, as it seemed intentional that when he lost anonymity, he switched domains, so I didn't want to "out" the author, but it's kind of silly since it's very public now.I think you're right that it makes sense to identify him by his pseudonym rather than just "Anonymous" so I've updated it:<a href="https://github.com/mtlynch&#x
What's the point of a pseudonym if ByteDance can trivially identify who this was?
What if they used a pseudonym or somebody else's name?
He mentions in the article he uses pseudonyms. But that’s an obvious assumption to make also imo.
Yeah, me too: the alias is a protection against a simple google research.