I actually wrote the post more to have the discussion about “outting” websites, whether it’s ethical or not. Do you do it for linkbait, to cause controversy and such?

Li – right, I understood that. My point was more to the fact that I think Rand was more negligent in this instance than malicious. It was due to lack of thought rather than a deliberate actions.

Of course I might be wrong on this, and honestly I do think that he is capable of doing something like this delibertely, such as with the directories. I just don’t think that was the case this time.

But yes, regardless of whether or not I think he did it to purposefully, I do think that it is unethical to out relatively innocent sites like that.

I actually wrote the post more to have the discussion about “outting” websites, whether it’s ethical or not. Do you do it for linkbait, to cause controversy and such?

I’m still wrestling with a lot of things when it comes to my thoughts on Rand himself, trying to see where he might be coming from, as opposed to where we all think he’s coming from. But regardless of my own personal feelings, I still don’t think outting the sties was a good thing.

Cheers!
~Li