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An analogous question would be "Are you beating your wife?" "Is Twitter censoring?" isn't assuming anything in the question.
by rriepe 16y ago
An analogous question would be "Are you beating your wife?"
"Is Twitter censoring?" isn't assuming anything in the question.
- three14 16y agoYou're right, of course. But I still think that someone skimming the HN headlines thinks, "Oh, Twitter probably censoring something or it wouldn't be on HN" unless they read the comments.
- davidw 16y agoIsn't that more of a comment on the state of the readership than anything else?
- three14 16y agoI think it's just human. "#flotilla not working on Twitter. Censorship or bug?" would be a better choice because it isn't a leading question. Edit: Is a headline like "Did pressure from Apple cause a Foxconn employee to commit suicide?" neutral, or just avoiding a libel suit?
- davidw 16y agoAnyone who knows anything about twitter is not going to blink an eye at "censorship or bug" - it's obviously the second.