Comment by tptacek

5 years ago

Taking bits and bobs from the lives of strangers is one of the most time-honored traditions in fiction.

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chipotle_coyote  5 years ago

I started to get into that but thought I was already approaching essay length by HN comment standards. :)

So, yes, true -- although it's arguably also something of a time-honored tradition for the real person(s) involved to be less than pleased if they feel too-personal parts of their lives were used in fiction without permission. At the extreme this has gotten authors sued, sometimes even successfully. But cases like, well, this one are probably more common: Alexis Nowicki isn't suing Kristen Roupenian, but she's upset, feels unfairly used, and likely knows this essay could catapult "Kristen Roupenian is a bad person" (back) into the media narrative.