I’m one of the readers of Scott Alexander’s blog and I kindly ask you not to publish his real name. He has laid out his rationale in his only remaining blog post and Zvi Mowshovitz has already sent you a much more eloquent appeal than the one I’m writing. No doubt, many other readers of Scott’s blog have sent your their – hopefully polite – opinion about the matter.
I have little to add but the reminder that becoming a public figure makes life difficult. Tim Ferriss wrote about this recently: https://tim.blog/2020/02/02/reasons-to-not-become-famous/ You ought not to force this on people who neither deserve (through evil deeds) nor want it.
Scott is an honest blogger who wants to keep his peace. Please don’t take it away from him.
My (less eloquent and less informed) take: