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What was wrong with the original title? A woman wouldn't have changed it ;)
by ntoshev 17y ago
What was wrong with the original title? A woman wouldn't have changed it ;)
- jrockway 17y ago"A rant about women" is just linkbait. The modified title is much more descriptive.
- intellectronica 17y agoThe new title is indeed much better, but it's still linkbait. Bigotry is very hard to mask.
- allenbrunson 17y agoi generally agree that submissions should use the same title as the original article. but in this case, that title isn't very good. "A Rant About Women" could be almost anything, and the implications it carries would prejudice me against it.
- ntoshev 17y agoOk, you're right, the new title is probably better although it's also spicier.
- kelnos 17y agoI'd actually say the actual post title is 'spicier' since it's less descriptive, more broad, and more likely to get a click just because people love a good flame. The current HN post title is indeed possibly inflammatory, but at least it's descriptive and probably provokes interest based on curiosity quite a bit more than the real title would.