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Bc what sorry? I didn't realise HN was a big story about people's personal journeys, which the post is.

I thought HN was about smart tech folk who like tech stories with something novel about the thing.

I wrote something questioning why Google employees should deserve wider news here

But if you look at Googler posts here, it's pretty clear how bent out of place a lot of them are.

All said, smart as they are, plenty less smart people leave jobs, so what's the news here?

It was the same with Twitter. There's no special 'crying place' for other jobs and departures, so why here and now?

Did I imply that it was, no, so why imply it.

That's what social networks and email is for, not broadcasting it to the wider world, see, you're on Hacker News, me you, them and everyone in general.

right. human being gets laid off.

Has this ever happened before. It does seem like SV folks have an elevated sense of purpose. Which is maybe fair to a point because of SVs inclusion in our online lives. But really, it seems like people in high paid jobs getting laid off isn't so much news for anyone, in general.

Maybe if there's some juice about how to order the world's information, but then they'd get sued for saying no doubt.