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I submitted with the original headline, seems to have been edited?
by SirHound 9y ago
I submitted with the original headline, seems to have been edited?
- Brakenshire 9y agoNow they've changed it to a third title, and relegated it.
- dang 9y agoThe site guidelines ask you not to use the original headline when it's misleading or linkbait, and this was certainly the latter. A good HN title is accurate and neutral, so when changing a title that's what to shoot for. It's best to look for a representative phrase from the article itself that can serve as an accurate and neutral title. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- pvg 9y agolinkbait, and this was certainly the latter. I think you're going too far in labeling a somewhat polemical title 'linkbait'. It's probably not going to damage discussion left as is and the anodyne replacement doesn't even convey the meaning of the original.
- dang 9y agoSure, maybe. Probably you're right.