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Ask HN: Why HN added a black line at the top?

• Tomte 2y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41201555 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41201555
• deleted 2y ago
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• serf 2y ago
  it's an indicator of a death within the community; an 'in memorial' feature.
• simonblack 2y ago
  The annoying 'What's the Black Line For' Treasure Hunt every time it happens could be eliminated by having a tooltip appear on hovering over the black line with something along the lines of "Bill Smith dies." For extra points, a <LINK to some News Article Telling Us about Bill Smith> could be included. If Google can do that when it shows a 'special day' image, why can't HN??
  • quantified 2y ago
    Could be a culture marker. It's in keeping with the minimalist aesthetic. A signal to find the news. Usually it's in the top 30 within a couple of hours. Today's appears to have been [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41201555 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41201555]