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There is additional proof, from his sister's Facebook page, but I'm not sure I want to link it here because it seems rude to link his family's pages to random p

There is additional proof, from his sister's Facebook page, but I'm not sure I want to link it here because it seems rude to link his family's pages to random people. Is there a moderator here whose email address I can message with the proof?

jacquesm 8y ago
hn@ycombinator.com
- chris_wot 8y ago
  FWIW, I was always impressed how you looked out for Terry on HN.
  - jacquesm 8y ago
    It's a pity we never could be inclusive enough to take someone in who clearly needed a bit of support. Terry definitely was a troubled person, there is zero doubt about that but if you looked past the sillyness (which I understand is hard in an environment that puts great value on political correctness) he was a really nice guy with some surprising quirks and a good sense of humor. On off days he was not so nice. Nobody's perfect.
    - forapurpose 8y ago
      > which I understand is hard in an environment that puts great value on political correctness Taking a shot at people with whom you disagree undermines your message. What might have been thoughtful is now a diatribe based on a stereotype.
DoreenMichele 8y ago
You can email the mods at hn@ycombinator.com. Though Wikipedia already has such a link confirming it. I don't think you need to prove it. Edit: Or did. I can't find it now. I was sure there was a really short page for him on Wikipedia when I looked the other day. At the moment, he only appears on their disambiguation page without a page of his own. It also shows a death year of 2018. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Davis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Davis
- tazard 8y ago
  Odd, I thought I remembered reading it about two days ago too...
TeMPOraL 8y ago
Try hn@ycombinator.com, it's actively monitored by the moderators.
rckclmbr 8y ago
Maybe this will live on as a "Terry's death was never confirmed" (Andy Kaufman style). Would be a pretty cool way to memorialize him. Not sure if that would affect his family negatively though.

jacquesm 8y ago

hn@ycombinator.com

chris_wot 8y ago
FWIW, I was always impressed how you looked out for Terry on HN.
- jacquesm 8y ago
  It's a pity we never could be inclusive enough to take someone in who clearly needed a bit of support. Terry definitely was a troubled person, there is zero doubt about that but if you looked past the sillyness (which I understand is hard in an environment that puts great value on political correctness) he was a really nice guy with some surprising quirks and a good sense of humor. On off days he was not so nice. Nobody's perfect.
  - forapurpose 8y ago
    > which I understand is hard in an environment that puts great value on political correctness Taking a shot at people with whom you disagree undermines your message. What might have been thoughtful is now a diatribe based on a stereotype.

DoreenMichele 8y ago

You can email the mods at hn@ycombinator.com. Though Wikipedia already has such a link confirming it. I don't think you need to prove it. Edit: Or did. I can't find it now. I was sure there was a really short page for him on Wikipedia when I looked the other day. At the moment, he only appears on their disambiguation page without a page of his own. It also shows a death year of 2018. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Davis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Davis

tazard 8y ago
Odd, I thought I remembered reading it about two days ago too...

TeMPOraL 8y ago

Try hn@ycombinator.com, it's actively monitored by the moderators.

rckclmbr 8y ago

Maybe this will live on as a "Terry's death was never confirmed" (Andy Kaufman style). Would be a pretty cool way to memorialize him. Not sure if that would affect his family negatively though.