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To be clear: this was intentional.
by georgespencer 10y ago
To be clear: this was intentional.
- erelde 10y agoShould there be a renaming here? It's not intentional clickbait, but my brain did catch that title very quickly and proceded as fast as it can to make assumptions. Both titles here[1] are better in my opinion. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13176066 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13176066
- logicallee 10y agoI happened to have absolutely zero doubt about this (i.e. I read/understood it correctly when seeing it on the front page), and I'd just like to take this to point out what an example this is of how great HN is, our culture here, informative and newsworthy, serious things, etc. On any other site (e.g. Reddit) the title (which currently reads "Girl Gets Kidney In Place Of Spleen") would have been some clickbaity shock story to drum up outrage (i.e. it would have been about a single, dramatic case of medical malpractice) , and the comments would have not been intelligent or thoughtful, because the whole story is a throwaway one. Here a story like that would have been buried, and the one we are reading (which would not have made the front page of Reddit) is extremely interesting! On the other hand, a story about medical malpractice would also be thoughtful, perhaps long-form, heavy on statistivs, etc. Not a single "tabloid story." (I can see how others here misread the title, I am just pointing out that the only reason those of us who happened to read it correctly did so, is the kind of submissions we have here and which the mods don't bury.) I think a title change is fine - perhaps it could be changed to "In World First, Girl Gets Kidney In Place Of Spleen"
- EGreg 10y agoI immediately thought it was Because this girl survived