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Someone renamed this. Why?

• dang 10y ago
  We did. The original title, "Please OS X (or whatever your name is) just fucking reset your DNS cache please", is obviously baity, which means it breaks the HN guidelines. Please read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. When a title is misleading or linkbait, you should change it to something accurate and neutral.
  • miketheman 10y ago
    Thanks for the update. Would the removal of "fucking" allowed the original title to remain? I feel that the title spurred the interest, as evidenced by the amount of discussion. The new title is not nearly as interesting, nor does it convey the author's vision and rage accurately.
    • pvg 10y ago
      The title rather than the content spurring the interest is pretty much the point of the 'no clickbait titles' guideline. The content itself is hardly in the 'gratifies intellectual curiosity' category.
    • dang 10y ago
      > Would the removal of "fucking" allowed the original title to remain? No, it isn't the profanity we care about, but the baitiness. Titles that stir up drama or controversy aren't a good fit for HN—the discussions are inevitably primed by the titles, and those are the kind of discussions we hope to avoid.