Anyone know what happened to Tom from Buzzfeed news?

For those who are unfamiliar, he was the guy who contacted WSO and instigated a much more heavy censorship regime on the site...only the funny thing is, a few months after that his company (Buzzfeed News) shut down. Any clue what he's up to now?

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He left Buzzfeed in October 2023.

"Former journalist specialising in financial investigations. Now working as a researcher in the hedge fund industry helping portfolio managers research companies in depth."

Tom Warren | LinkedIn

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

When you realize how flexible the definition of HF is and note that his title is "qualitative analyst" and has no fund listed, it's much less impressive.

"If you don't have any enemies in life you have never stood up for anything" - Winston Churchill | "It's a testament to the sheer belligerence of the profession that people would rather argue about the 'risk-adjusted returns' of using inferior tooth cleaning methods." - kellycriterion
 
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Did he ever publish the article? I remember all the threads about the moderation but don't remember reading the actual article

He said he was going to publish an article, but I never saw it either. 

Here is the original WSO thread:

I (and WSO) Need Your Help | Wall Street Oasis

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Corporate journalists deserve no respect or benefit of the doubt. It was never a serious story he had any intention of putting together IMO, it was just some BS framing trying to pressure WSO to cave to censorship and toe the typical corporate-approved lines. In a way it worked, but not to the degree I worried it would.

"If you don't have any enemies in life you have never stood up for anything" - Winston Churchill | "It's a testament to the sheer belligerence of the profession that people would rather argue about the 'risk-adjusted returns' of using inferior tooth cleaning methods." - kellycriterion
 

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