Thank You, Arash

Re:Thank You, Arash by psankar on Saturday March 21, 2020 @10:06AM (#22646549)

May be it is just me, but there should have been a tldr summary or better title (Arash, co-founder of dropbox leaving) or first paragraph. I was reading it half scared wondering if someone died (due to the recent Corona related news).

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Re:Thank You, Arash by nijynot on Saturday March 21, 2020 @11:00AM (#22646935)

While yes, that would have been a better title in terms of telling us what the post was about, but then you get a different tone for the post.

I think the post is first and foremost for thanking Arash for his work on Dropbox and about the partnership he had with Drew, and telling us about it comes second.

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Re:Thank You, Arash by mstade on Saturday March 21, 2020 @11:33AM (#22647221)

I don't disagree with you but at this moment in time it just seems a bit prudent to add something like this at the top:

"Arash – our co-founder and great friend – is leaving Dropbox for new adventures."

Just one simple sentence like that at the top lets us know the rest of the post isn't a eulogy, or at least not the kind where someone passed away.

Any other point in time when there isn't a global pandemic you can leave that out, but right now times are weird and confusing.

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Re:Thank You, Arash by 1123581321 on Saturday March 21, 2020 @12:33PM (#22647699)

I think the “thank you, first name” format is common when a well known company founder or elder statesman is leaving. Here is Guido’s from last year. https://blog.dropbox.com/topics/company/thank-you--guido

And Arash is well known at Dropbox (and also here.)

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Re:Thank You, Arash by mstade on Saturday March 21, 2020 @01:03PM (#22647922)

Maybe you're right, I can't say that resonates with me but I may well be in the minority. I do find it interesting though that the post you link to has this as it's first sentence:

"After six and a half years, Guido van Rossum, the creator of Python, is leaving Dropbox and heading into retirement."

No ambiguities regarding the reasons for the post then.

(Also, for what it's worth, I had no idea who Arash was prior to reading this post.)

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Re:Thank You, Arash by markshepard on Saturday March 21, 2020 @12:23PM (#22647607)

yes. changing the title is prudent at this time. I thought other way too!

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Re:Thank You, Arash by samanator on Saturday March 21, 2020 @10:33AM (#22646728)

Yes I also didn't get if he had died or had left Dropbox until the end.

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Re:Thank You, Arash by dwheeler on Saturday March 21, 2020 @11:02AM (#22646949)

Yes, I wish that the title included "(Dropbox co-founder leaving Dropbox)" or something like that.

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Re:Thank You, Arash by reikonomusha on Saturday March 21, 2020 @12:18PM (#22647561)

It’s 7 short paragraphs. It’s fine.

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Re:Thank You, Arash by johntiger1 on Saturday March 21, 2020 @09:22PM (#22651817)

Agree, the title could be improved to convey the message more clearly and directly

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