A Modest Proposal Concerning the Black Bar on Hacker News

+1, and it might be cool if it was defined under which circumstances the black bar will be applied. Just think of Ian Murdock (RIP).

Or, maybe, allow community votes on this??

It would be helpful to know the circumstances the black bar is applied. In the FAQ, maybe?

Or have it be a link to an explanatory news or wikipedia article... But that might be too much, let me be the last to suggest unnecessary make-work for someone else.

I expected this OP to be way funnier than it actually was. OP, learn your references. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal