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The title is incorrect. HN does have a rule that says click-bait or clearly incorrect titles can be modified to be more representative of the actual article.
by ghshephard 10y ago
The title is incorrect. HN does have a rule that says click-bait or clearly incorrect titles can be modified to be more representative of the actual article.
- loup-vaillant 10y agoAnd here we have an example of this very rule kicking in, though in the wrong direction: Article comes in. <h1> doesn't match submitted title. Correct title. Oops. I assume either a bot or a tired moderator was involved.
- Dylan16807 10y agoThat's kind of rude to label a reasonable opinion as "clearly incorrect". And the title given to the specific email by its author is definitely more representative of its comments than the title of the first email in the chain. As far as click-bait, I rate both of them equally click-baity. There was little reason to change the submission title.
- ghshephard 10y agoWell, to be fair, I labeled the title "Incorrect" - (though I'd agree with someone if they went and suggested, "Clearly", mostly because the content doesn't even mention Git...