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I did try to make it better within the 80 character limit :)
by abhi3 11y ago
I did try to make it better within the 80 character limit :)
- minimaxir 11y agoYou did not need to add the "most Hacker News users" part of you were trying to avoid linkbaiting.
- detaro 11y agoagreed, but at least it mentions what the "problem" is now.
- abhi3 11y agoIts in most content publishers interest to have headlines which give out enough information to make one curious but not so much that it make clicking through unneccesary. As a reader with limited time it is in your interest to get as much info in as few sentnces as possible (best case, just from the headline). Headline: "Trump Calls megan kelly bimbo" okay so now I know enough and don't need to actually readd a 800 word article. No need to click through; as a reader this is what I want. Headline: "You won't believe what donald trump just called megan kelly": now I'm just the right amount of curious, i'll click through, read the artcile and then wonder why couldn't I just get it in one line. But the publishers gets the adviews. Thats what he wants. This is a situatuion where inerests of the consumer and business are mis-aligned that's what WiseGuy is trying to fix :) It was in my interest to have a headline that'll make HN users clickthrough (but not an inaccurate one) and read, so I did exactly that.Hope you get me now and understand how WiseGuy is solving a real problem. :)
- minimaxir 11y ago"The person reading it will like it!" is an age-old justification for spammy advertisements for products that cannot market on intrinsic merit. It does not automatically make it not-spammy or non-baity.