Still Alive

The triumphant return post after the New York Times doxxing saga, structured around Portal's 'Still Alive.' Recounts the surreal year - deleting SSC's 1,557 posts in protest, the 513,000-reader viral complaint, the flood of support (and crank) emails - then makes its real argument: that pseudonymity should be a default right, not something a blogger must earn by proving perfect-victim status ('don't kick me in the balls'), and that the most galling thing about Power is not malice but indifference (the New York Times burning your village is, for them, 'Tuesday'). Closes by revealing his name (Scott Siskind), announcing Lorien Psychiatry and the Substack move, and an outpouring of gratitude to readers.

Quality 78 · Excellent. One of his most-loved posts: emotionally powerful, very funny, and built around a genuinely sharp and transferable argument (anonymity as the default; institutional indifference as the real injury) executed with great craft. Primarily a personal and situational piece rather than an analytical essay, which sets its ceiling. Excellent, lower end.

Claude’s paradigm shift 38 · Slight. A largely personal narrative whose embedded argument - pseudonymity as a basic right against doxxing - is a fresh, somewhat-propagating intervention in the cancel-culture debate, but an application of existing privacy and free-speech ideas. Moderate, low.

Real-world impact 2 · Minor. His most-loved return post after the NYT-doxxing saga, built around a sharp, transferable argument (pseudonymity as a default right; institutional indifference as the real injury) relevant to the doxxing/anonymity debate. Real resonance, but primarily a personal/situational piece — low RWI.