The strizand effect was a reason why the new york times should not have blocked their story about hunter bite, says David Perry. But he thinks there would be other practical reasons for them to do it if they were actually trying not put attention towards it. "It feels like we're going to pass that now if someone's, you know, reporting on someone else's scoop, they'll linked up the article," said Perry. 'That felt like the... broken adolescent years'