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You make a good point that it benefits a lot of people to know where the high profile members went, but maybe there's a better way to do it. If there is some u
by solipsist 16y ago
You make a good point that it benefits a lot of people to know where the high profile members went, but maybe there's a better way to do it.
If there is some unique perspective on HN that can apply to everybody then, sure, go ahead and post it to HN as a blog post. However, any generic I'm-leaving-HN messages could maybe go into a category of "Leaving HN: ..." posts (instead of a link). These could still hit the front page, but there would be a clear distinction between this community news and other news.
- jacquesm 16y agoMaybe a 'farewell' note in the profile? Or a way to modify your profile that puts a '(gone)' marker behind your name in old threads? Grellas started this (and he's back), I thought it was pretty classy and considerate of him, which is why I did it myself. Anyway, your comment seems to have incited a large number of people to flag the post so it's no longer on the homepage. It's a pity that a long contributor of HN would get sent off like that while 'TopGear responding to Tesla' has been on the homepage for many hours now.