[KVFinn]

>>What a mean-spirited thing to do to someone who just wanted to stay anonymous. If this is the reason _why decided to pick up and leave, I understand it.

If that's why he quit though it's going to have the opposite effect. I doubt more than a handful of people cared to look into _why's identity before today. I've read the guide, watched his talks, and read probably 80% of his blog articles, and I never knew his identity was some kind of secret. But with the disappearance it's now on everyone's mind.

There's a name for this effect but I can't think of it. It often comes up when somebody sues somebody else to remove some bit of information. The suit becomes a news story, and suddenly where 10 people might have known the information, the info is on the daily news as they cover the suit.

[cpach]

That would be the Streisand effect: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Streisand_eff...

[gjm11]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect .

[projecktzero]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striesand_effect

[ekyuri]

>>But with the disappearance it's now on everyone's mind.

Yeah I totally agree with you!!