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Comment by foob4r

6 years ago

Regardless, revealing someone's real name is orthogonal to clicks or ad revenue.

Why did the journalist search out the real name which is clearly difficult and then not talk to his interviewee about his name being released; because he knew it was immoral.

It's actually not. People in general like "good stories" and will read and share them more. Adding "credibility" will drive the perception as a "good" story and therefore to some degree clicks as well.