# Ohhhh, What\_Exit... that's not what doxxing is **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 16, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhh-what-exit-thats-not-what-doxxing-is/971641 "2022-09-16T01:12:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhh-what-exit-thats-not-what-doxxing-is/971641/1 "2022-09-16T01:12:21Z")
Continuing the discussion from [Claims of "Ritual Abuse". Whats the reason?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claims-of-ritual-abuse-whats-the-reason/648254/85): Put everything back, please. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhh-what-exit-thats-not-what-doxxing-is/971641/2 "2022-09-16T01:16:13Z")
No, not without a lot of review. I’m erring on the side of caution here. But please, make your case without naming names. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhh-what-exit-thats-not-what-doxxing-is/971641/3 "2022-09-16T01:17:22Z")
There’s no caution needed. The woman wrote a book. She had it published. We get to associate her name with the book she wrote. Always. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhh-what-exit-thats-not-what-doxxing-is/971641/4 "2022-09-16T02:18:40Z")
I can understand not identifying the instructor teaching the course ArtBeforeScience is taking. But naming the author of a book used in course materials, especially when that person (a psychologist) is well-known among “ritual abuse” advocates and skeptics, is not “doxxing” in any sense of the word. She evidently qualifies as a public figure. If she is among those Who Must Not Be Named, then it must be forbidden to mention _any_ prominent person associated with the ritual abuse movement. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhh-what-exit-thats-not-what-doxxing-is/971641/5 "2022-09-16T02:33:23Z")
Or with any other movement. Can’t say “Hannity” any more? Puh-lease. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhh-what-exit-thats-not-what-doxxing-is/971641/6 "2022-09-16T02:40:52Z")
This is ridiculous. She wrote a book and teaches a course. No one gave her address or contact info. I’m not “doxxing” Stephen King if I say he wrote The Stand. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhh-what-exit-thats-not-what-doxxing-is/971641/7 "2022-09-16T03:35:37Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > No one gave her address or contact info. I’m not “doxxing” Stephen King if I say he wrote The Stand. Since we know who Stephen King is, I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t usually fit the definition of doxxing if you did publish his address, although it would obviously be a hugely inappropriate thing to do (and might violate some law for all I know). Isn’t it also an essential element of doxxing that you identify someone who posts or publishes anonymously or pseudonymously? ETA: For clarity of discussion I won’t delete what I wrote above, but per Wikipedia it looks like I’m wrong about that. > **[Doxing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doxing)** > > Doxing or doxxing is the act of publicly providing personally identifiable information about an individual or organization, usually via the Internet and without their consent to do so. Historically, the term has been used interchangeably to refer to both the aggregation of this information from public databases and social media websites (like Facebook), as well as the publication of previously private information obtained through criminal or otherwise fraudulent means (such as hacking a "Doxing"... So is there a different word for simply identifying someone who wished to remain anonymous? [This is not applicable to this instance of moderation, I’m just asking.] ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhh-what-exit-thats-not-what-doxxing-is/971641/8 "2022-09-16T04:49:41Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > I’m not “doxxing” Stephen King if I say he wrote The Stand. I’ll go one step further and reveal that Stephen King… Is Richard Bachman!!! (I will add too that mentioning that someone published a book sold on Amazon is in no way doxxing. That’s just silly.) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhh-what-exit-thats-not-what-doxxing-is/971641/9 "2022-09-16T05:36:21Z")
I will restore the author, doing this from my phone I cleared more than needed. But I wasn’t willing to wait until the morning in a case of doxxing. So better too much, than too little. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhh-what-exit-thats-not-what-doxxing-is/971641/10 "2022-09-16T07:15:59Z")
I missed the original, but was it just the name of a professor that teaches a public course that was redacted? I can’t imagine how that could be doxing. Posting their address and phone number would be doxing.