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This should open by stating the fact of death of Christian Brink, and the author's nominal relationship to him (cofounder). The piece refects on the author's s

This should open by stating the fact of death of Christian Brink, and the author's nominal relationship to him (cofounder). The piece refects on the author's sense of loss, as expressed through the experience of their relationship. I sympathize. But, editorially, the first thing we should know is that Christian Brink, his cofounder at Audm, died on day X.

Wistar 6y ago
The title "On the Death of a Cofounder" was insufficient?
- sbarre 6y ago
  To be fair I believe the author has changed the title of the article since it was posted. It said "Loss" at first (as does the headline here).
  - Wistar 6y ago
    Ah. Thanks. I didn't see it prior to the change and was puzzled by the comment.
sbarre 6y ago
Seriously? That's your feedback? You're going to back-seat-edit a goddamn eulogy? What is wrong with you
- dang 6y ago
  I don't disagree, but please don't escalate like this. It only makes things worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - sbarre 6y ago
    My apologies, I won't do it again..
- teddyh 6y ago
  If something is (for some reason or other) above critique, it does not, in my opinion, belong on this site.
  - sbarre 6y ago
    Sure, then critique the actual topic at hand. Providing a shallow drive-by "critique" of the writing style or information delivery, especially with such an emotional topic, does not contribute to the conversation in any way. This is Hacker News, not "Rate my Writing".
    - teddyh 6y ago
      If the topic is that someone has died, this is impossible to criticize, and therefore does not belong here. If the topic is the article itself, it should be open to criticism. Which is it?
      - sbarre 6y ago
        Read the room and figure it out. It's not my job to educate you.