HN Death Post Etiquette

The death of a significant figure is a significant event.Perhaps there's an argument to be made for keeping this content off HN, in a similar vein to the treatment of other political content on HN, if it reduces commentary like yours.

It’s really inappropriate how many people are glad he’s dead.Now is not the time or place to have a hate fest. He’s dead. He had family. He’s a real person who died today.I don’t know what this has to do with Hacker News ethos.And using someone’s death as occasion to talk ill about them just isn’t appropriate.

I agree with you. While it's sad that this person has died, it doesn't really seem newsworthy.

This is usually added when there's been a significant death relevant to the HN crowd. However, I don't see a related post, so it's possible that it's a mistake this time.

I don't understand what's interesting about it. Why would anyone think that a post about his death would be a good place to do that?

Don't know who the guy is but for future reference, this kind of HN headline sounds much better than 'XYZ has died'

Apparently a lot of people know him, or know of him, so it becomes "news" of sorts, if out of place in HN context. Can you feel the pressure not to say anything except a condolence message? I certainly can, but I won't because I've never heard of him.If the man himself had died, I get why that might find its way here because then you could talk about his work etc.Personal loss happens to every one of us, be it family or friends. It's part of life, it's heart

Please see: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7228583I generally agree with you and stated clearly that it sounded like suicide. But, a) my mom says "funerals are for the living". So I think we need to respect the pain of the family here. And b) I have been writing online about very hard, delicate topics for quite a long time. So I have some practice with walking that line which I don't

This is gross. I don’t care if this is true or not — someone is dead and people that knew that person (including many on HN) are grieving. Surely, the judgment-filled “how’s” from someone who created an account just to rip on a dead person can wait. If you’re too much of a coward to put this under your usual username or even own it under your full name, that’s a sign to me that this sort of comment doesn’t belong here.

I would argue your comment is cynical as well. HN tries to be a place of discussion which means challenging ideas. Someone having recently passed is sad and tragic and deserves respect, but it doesn’t make their public opinions immune from discussion