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"The Federal Communications Commission has hired Jonathan Mayer, a rising star in privacy circles, to serve as its technical lead for investigations into teleph

"The Federal Communications Commission has hired Jonathan Mayer, a rising star in privacy circles, to serve as its technical lead for investigations into telephone, television and Internet service providers." #savedyouaclick

biot 11y ago
I put that saved click towards downvoting you. Here's why: your summary tells me nothing about who Jonathan Mayer is, what his background has been, or why this will be an effective hire. In order to do that and still save me from clicking to read the original article, you or others will need to quote additional parts of that article. If everyone did this, we would end up with a poor, out of order retelling of most of the article in Twitter-length posts that lack sufficient context.
- mfringel 11y ago
  I view the point of #savedyouaclick as a way to fill in the missing noun/verb/adjective in a clickbait title, so that someone can make a more informed opinion on whether to click through. The point is not to save you a click in all circumstances, but to save a needless click due to frustration/curiosity.
  - dsr_ 11y ago
    IN particular, if you know who Jonathan Mayer is, you don't have to read the article at all. I know HN likes to keep the original title if at all possible, but pretty much every clickbait title could be profitably replaced by a clever submitter: "FCC names Jonathan Mayer new chief technologist for enforcement" The only other clickbait title I see right now is courtesy the Washington Post: "This might be the most controversial theory for what’s behind the rise of ISIS" which would be better as: "Piketty says inequality drives terrorism" although that doesn't quite replace reading the article, it's just a lot better than what was there.
    - biot 11y ago
      The top story right now is far more clickbaity: "The secret message hidden in every HTTP/2 connection".
- boyaka 11y ago
  Before even reading your post I highlighted his name, right clicked, and searched on Google. It took me longer to read your post than it did to do that and get plenty of information.
  - biot 11y ago
    So it didn't save you a click after all; you still had to do additional research because the snippet doesn't give you all the background information. You've just validated the very point I was making. The snippet doesn't mention the changing relationship between the FTC and FCC. Or how the senate is getting involved. The article nicely packages up all this related information and more into a narrative that is easy to read, so why not just read it?

biot 11y ago

I put that saved click towards downvoting you. Here's why: your summary tells me nothing about who Jonathan Mayer is, what his background has been, or why this will be an effective hire. In order to do that and still save me from clicking to read the original article, you or others will need to quote additional parts of that article. If everyone did this, we would end up with a poor, out of order retelling of most of the article in Twitter-length posts that lack sufficient context.

mfringel 11y ago
I view the point of #savedyouaclick as a way to fill in the missing noun/verb/adjective in a clickbait title, so that someone can make a more informed opinion on whether to click through. The point is not to save you a click in all circumstances, but to save a needless click due to frustration/curiosity.
- dsr_ 11y ago
  IN particular, if you know who Jonathan Mayer is, you don't have to read the article at all. I know HN likes to keep the original title if at all possible, but pretty much every clickbait title could be profitably replaced by a clever submitter: "FCC names Jonathan Mayer new chief technologist for enforcement" The only other clickbait title I see right now is courtesy the Washington Post: "This might be the most controversial theory for what’s behind the rise of ISIS" which would be better as: "Piketty says inequality drives terrorism" although that doesn't quite replace reading the article, it's just a lot better than what was there.
  - biot 11y ago
    The top story right now is far more clickbaity: "The secret message hidden in every HTTP/2 connection".
boyaka 11y ago
Before even reading your post I highlighted his name, right clicked, and searched on Google. It took me longer to read your post than it did to do that and get plenty of information.
- biot 11y ago
  So it didn't save you a click after all; you still had to do additional research because the snippet doesn't give you all the background information. You've just validated the very point I was making. The snippet doesn't mention the changing relationship between the FTC and FCC. Or how the senate is getting involved. The article nicely packages up all this related information and more into a narrative that is easy to read, so why not just read it?