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Why the title change? "archive.org guy nearly died" was much more direct/informative. I wouldn't take a second glace at this thread under "the other half" assum
by danjoc 10y ago
Why the title change? "archive.org guy nearly died" was much more direct/informative. I wouldn't take a second glace at this thread under "the other half" assuming it to be marriage advice.
- dang 10y agoBecause it's the author's own title. That's significant, especially for so intimate and personal a piece. It's true that one can trade that off for immediate factual placeability, but on HN we prefer to make the opposite tradeoff. That's one of many reasons why the guidelines say "Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait." (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html)
- canuckintime 10y agoI recently saw a suggestion that there should be two titles: one that's the author's own title and a second that's the HN submission title (which could be identical if the HN submitter prefers so). Any opinion on the suggestion?
- dang 10y agoIn my opinion, too complicated, and people would use it to editorialize.