Tor.com published a new story by Benjanun Sriduangkaew, “And the Burned Moths Remain”, on January 14.
In October, 2014 John W. Campbell nominee Sriduangkaew was revealed to be the same person as the blogger Requires Hate. The writer’s history was documented in Laura J. Mixon’s “A Report on Damage Done by One Individual Under Several Names”.
After spending two days trying to limit the sniping and counter-sniping, Tor’s moderators shut down comments on January 16.
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The hard fact is good writers aren’t always going to be good people. As long as B.S is prevented from hurting any more people (A safe space for future victims now exists within the community I think it’s fair to say) and the reader can be made aware of her behaviour and make their own choices, then I see little reason to ban her work.
Ultimately here’s someone, on some fundamental level, who can’t handle the rest of humanity. Long term that’s gotta be punishment in itself. All we have to do as a community is be wary of and informed about her.