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Douglas_Knight comments on Open thread for December 24-31, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Douglas_Knight 25 December 2013 04:22:25PM 2 points [-]

No, Scott has stated many times that the reason is to avoid connection to his real name, including the recent change. Scott claimed that being told about the link and commentary was a reminder to make changes. It is not entirely clear to me that he even knew that the comments were nasty.