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Is it not OK to criticize Microsoft on HN? This title was changed to remove any mention of Windows. Just curious.
by uudecode 10y ago
Is it not OK to criticize Microsoft on HN? This title was changed to remove any mention of Windows. Just curious.
- e40 10y agoI think it's that they (HN mods) like to use the original title.
- MertsA 10y agoEspecially when the submitted title contains relevant context for the article. Can't be having that.
- mikeash 10y agoThe submitted title was just plain wrong.
- MertsA 10y agoAfter looking at what the original title was, I agree. In this case it needed to be changed but just dropping the part about UDP would have been fine. In most cases though it honestly seems like when HN titles are changed it's changed for the worst. It looks like I'm not the only one who feels that way either. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4102013 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4102013
- mikeash 10y agoGo ahead and fight it in those cases, but this is not at all good example.
- colanderman 10y agoThe title was incorrect before (suggested UDP was used; it's not). dang just reverted to the article's actual title.