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HN only allows less than 80 chars for the title. The LSE blog Twitter account gave it this title.
by sjclemmy 10y ago
HN only allows less than 80 chars for the title. The LSE blog Twitter account gave it this title.
- dang 10y agoNot a good title, though, because it's a cherry-picked quote selected for baitiness. Such things have a pronounced (and in this case dismal) effect on resulting discussion. Much better to shorten the original a bit, which we've done above. If it's necessary not to use the original (because it's misleading, linkbait, or impossible to shorten), the next best thing is to find an accurate, neutral phrase from the article. If you want to say what you think is important about an article, please do so in a comment rather than using the title to express that. Then your view is on a level playing field with everyone else's.