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Am I the only one getting title fatigue? Now I automatically skip or flag links whose title (not necessarily editorialised) are completely uninformative or dece
by AvenueIngres 10y ago
Am I the only one getting title fatigue? Now I automatically skip or flag links whose title (not necessarily editorialised) are completely uninformative or deceitful.
- JimDabell 10y agoIt's clickbait, and I seem to recall hearing that it's a deliberate strategy from Hacker News – that they want people to be "intrigued" by the headline. I hate it.
- dionidium 10y agoThe site guidelines say the opposite, basically: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- dredmorbius 10y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12746378 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12746378
- grzm 10y agoIt's not just you. (Though I know this one weird trick that you won't believe to help!)