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If Barlow doesn't deserve the HN black bar, I don't know who does. He fought for electronic freedoms tirelessly for decades, fending off companies who wanted to
by allworknoplay 9y ago
If Barlow doesn't deserve the HN black bar, I don't know who does. He fought for electronic freedoms tirelessly for decades, fending off companies who wanted to control the Internet or individuals' rights to hack technology they own.
- acangiano 9y agoAgreed. This is a huge loss.
- adfm 9y ago+1
- sillysaurus3 9y agoIt was never established what the HN black bar means. It may simply mean "This person was close to someone who runs HN."
- toomuchtodo 9y agoI had always interpreted it to represent the loss and respect of prominent tech and computer science individuals, but would be interested in what the “official” stance is. I thought I had an email from Dan that would answer this when I requested the black bar for someone, but that email seems to be gone when I search for it.
- DonHopkins 9y agoAbsolutely he deserves the black bar, please!
- mythrwy 9y agoYes. Black bar. Let's have it.
- mindcrime 9y agoDefinitely. Please HN mods, let's have the black bar tribute today.
- aphrax 9y agoPlease, the black bar
- aestetix 9y agoYeah, HN needs to put a black bar on for JPB.
- aestetix 9y agoI sent the HN moderator an email asking when the black bar would be placed. No response. This makes me really, really sad.