[RandomBacon]

Regarding the flagged/dead comment that links to concern about Daniel Naroditsky's health a few days ago, I don't think burrying our heads in the sand is correct approach now.

It might have been wise to respect his privacy and not talk about him publicly and while he was alive and could read it, but now that posting it cannot affect his mental health, perhaps mental health awareness is important to talk about.

(A side note, I still think the privacy of those who pass away is important, but I think talking about mental health is also important.)

[greenavocado]

Could have been an adverse reaction to Benadryl or his sleep disturbances could have been a warning sign.

"BeccaHarris: I took a Benadryl to make sure I got 8+ hours of sleep, it hit me a lot faster and harder than expected. before I knew it 15+ mins had passed and I nodded off a few times, and suddenly poeople were freaking ou"

https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/1obo71s/comment/nkhb...

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2017/06/sleep-disturb...

[JohnLocke4]

I suggest we stop speculating about the cause of death and instead wait for an official announcement to be made. Please respect the family at this time.

[mynameisvlad]

I get respecting the family while grieving but let’s be real here, is anyone from the family realistically going to even find let alone care about random strangers speculating on a random internet platform that isn’t even related to chess?

The chance of this even reaching them is infinitesimally small. We’re not standing around talking about it with them in the room, we shouldn’t be pretending like we are.

[nonethewiser]

Its definitely normal to wonder "what happened?"

[stevage]

Even if not, we're all better off if we behave with respect and humanity.

[mynameisvlad]

This just feels like gatekeeping discussion at this point.

[Fade_Dance]

The concern is more about speculation specifically. Internet armchair-investigations regularly get out of control and fills discussion with what reliably later turns out to be misinformation, in addition to being disrespectful at sensitive time.

Low quality blogs and "news" reporters also directly pull from online discussions, and before you know it, hypothetical drug use is a major discussion point, which is unfortunate.

[btilly]

I have seen people that I would have never expected to have heard about HN, show up here. The odds that someone tells the family to come look may not be that high. But they are very far from zero.

Most other internet forums that I've been on I would not say this about.

[apt-apt-apt-apt]

Just watched his last stream that people were talking about on reddit, and his behavior was definitely strange. Saying random stuff then nodding off halfway, and being aggravated to put it simply.

[colechristensen]

Morbid curiosity is maybe natural but I think it's bad form for a bunch of online speculation into cause of death by armchair researchers. He's a real person and his family and friends are real people and they deserve freedom from that kind of speculation running wild across the Internet. There's no benefit for anyone, it's just curiosity that shouldn't be engaged in.

[programjames]

I would prefer you refer to it as "courtesy" or "consideration" rather than "freedom".

[DuperPower]

its not mórbid wanting to know if a Young person commited suicide

[colechristensen]

morbid curiosity literally curiosity about disease and death

I'm not sure what you think "morbid" means.

[i_am_jl]

"Morbid" indicates that the curiosity about disease and death is unhealthy.

Describing a university course on infectious disease as "morbid" would be incorrect.