Comment by maxwelljoslyn

Response to my own comment because I can't edit it:

Scott Alexander has been giving more information in the SSC subreddit, including the comment I've quoted below. Having read what he has to say, I've changed my mind, and don't think the journalist should be fired.

https://old.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/he95ak/blog...

> I honestly got the impression that the reporter liked my blog and wanted to write a nice story about it.

> When I told him I didn't want my real name in the article, he talked to his editor and said the editor said it was NYT policy all articles must include real names.

> I got the impression he felt bad about it but had spent weeks writing the article and wasn't going to throw out all that work just for my sake.

> When I threatened to take down the blog, I think he did the decision-theoretically correct move of not giving in to threats.

> Overall I think this is a story about the NYT having overly strict real-name policies that unfortunately put a guy in a bad situation.