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I am just trying to understand how this works. Probably is the timing. How do you explain the difference in involvement between the 2 posts? I would love to und

by ktsaou 10y ago

I am just trying to understand how this works. Probably is the timing. How do you explain the difference in involvement between the 2 posts? I would love to understand what made the difference. Can you explain it?

dfc 10y ago
I cant explain it. What I am concerned about is that you are focusing on it. Would you give your links linkbaity titles if it meant more traffic?
- dangerlibrary 10y ago
  Empirically, yes.
- ktsaou 10y ago
  I am an open source developer. I don't sell anything. I am just trying to let people know there is something they can use to make their lives easier. I don't care about traffic (actually I don't want unrelated traffic - a lot of noise - the key resource wasted is my time), but I do care a lot about involvement. Since a title can actually trigger involvement, I understand it is good, especially for the readers. Isn't it? To my understanding, it is good since people that should have been informed about the context in question, have actually been found and informed. Check this thread for example. A lot of people found something new, learned something. Compare it to the previous one. No one learned anything. So, what do you think? Shall I pay some attention on titles and their effectiveness?
  - dfc 10y ago
    In Submissions Please don't do things to make titles stand out, like using uppercase or exclamation points, or adding a parenthetical remark saying how great an article is. It's implicit in submitting something that you think it's important. ... Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    - ktsaou 10y ago
      I didn't do any of these. Take also into account, I am the author of the original article too. So, would it be better to copy the old article to a new one with the new title? You are avoiding the question though: Since a title triggers involvement, is experimentation on the titles something good or bad?

by ktsaou 10y ago

dfc 10y ago

I cant explain it. What I am concerned about is that you are focusing on it. Would you give your links linkbaity titles if it meant more traffic?

dangerlibrary 10y ago
Empirically, yes.
ktsaou 10y ago
I am an open source developer. I don't sell anything. I am just trying to let people know there is something they can use to make their lives easier. I don't care about traffic (actually I don't want unrelated traffic - a lot of noise - the key resource wasted is my time), but I do care a lot about involvement. Since a title can actually trigger involvement, I understand it is good, especially for the readers. Isn't it? To my understanding, it is good since people that should have been informed about the context in question, have actually been found and informed. Check this thread for example. A lot of people found something new, learned something. Compare it to the previous one. No one learned anything. So, what do you think? Shall I pay some attention on titles and their effectiveness?
- dfc 10y ago
  In Submissions Please don't do things to make titles stand out, like using uppercase or exclamation points, or adding a parenthetical remark saying how great an article is. It's implicit in submitting something that you think it's important. ... Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - ktsaou 10y ago
    I didn't do any of these. Take also into account, I am the author of the original article too. So, would it be better to copy the old article to a new one with the new title? You are avoiding the question though: Since a title triggers involvement, is experimentation on the titles something good or bad?