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I understand the point about the title, and I’m happy to keep the story to a comment instead. I’m less convinced by the second point, though. Of course homeles

I understand the point about the title, and I’m happy to keep the story to a comment instead. I’m less convinced by the second point, though. Of course homelessness in general is horrible, and I don’t think this person is somehow more deserving of help than the many others in the same situation. But I happen to know his work, have spoken with him, and am in a position to potentially help amplify it. The fact that I can’t help everyone doesn’t seem like a good reason not to try to help one person when the opportunity presents itself. That said, I understand that HN has its own norms around submissions, and I’m happy to respect those.

codingdave 1mo ago
Think about the scale of that. If 100K users all posted the story of their one or two friends that needed help, HN would be overwhelmed with such things. It is the same reason you cannot take a pretty rock from a national park. It seems small, but if a million people did it, you'd wreck the park. Don't wreck the park. There are other places to share such things, especially since you linked to a reddit post that already covered this situation. Adding it to HN doesn't really amplify it beyond that.