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A comment on Atta Elayyan, Developer of MetroTube and LazyWorm Apps, Killed in Christchurch. Parent comment

Re:Atta Elayyan, Developer of MetroTube and LazyWorm Apps, K... by krapp on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @02:43PM (#19445412)
>There were 50 people that all had lives, but we picked on the tech guy. It ends up feeling mildly disrespectful.

Let's be realistic - there being a "tech guy" is the only reason this story is on topic. Hacker News is not supposed to be a place to discuss mainstream events, however tragic they may be, or the deaths of people not relevant to the tech community.

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Re:Atta Elayyan, Developer of MetroTube and LazyWorm Apps, K... by eridius on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @09:05PM (#19448479)
My comment wasn't complaining about HN focusing on the tech guy. It was specifically a response to the sentiment

> It's insane how many really, really, good people we lose to tragedies like this

A story about the tech guy is a reason to be on HN. But statements like the above just serve to trivialize the deaths of those not deemed "really good people".

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