[majos]

Can someone explain why “Kobe Bryant has died” submissions seem to all be getting deleted, but the ones that approach it from a tangent (like this one) aren’t?

I have seen plenty of “x has died” posts on HN for people who ostensibly have nothing to do with HN’s core topics. For example, Terry Jones received such a submission with nearly a hundred responses just a few days ago.

Why is this different?

[Apocryphon]

Here's a tech/startup-related tangent to hack the submission guidelines:

Will this tragic accident completely sour the idea of air commuting to the public, thus rendering Uber's efforts moot?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22141293

[skinnymuch]

But the Terry Jones one wasn’t doing anything like that. The title and article was simply about his death.

[throwaway83737]

Yes, this is very disturbing as a person of color.

[dbancajas]

i submitted yesterday and couldn't find my post. not sure what's going on.