The annoying 'What's the Black Line For' Treasure Hunt every time it happens could be eliminated by having a tooltip appear on hovering over the black line with something along the lines of "Bill Smith dies."
For extra points, a could be included.
If Google can do that when it shows a 'special day' image, why can't HN??
👤 serf
it's an indicator of a death within the community; an 'in memorial' feature.