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The title makes it seem like TheStreet is the product but it isn't. https://www.thestreet.com/story/14233293/1/facebook-s-campbell-brown-we-are-launching-a-new

The title makes it seem like TheStreet is the product but it isn't. https://www.thestreet.com/story/14233293/1/facebook-s-campbell-brown-we-are-launching-a-news-subscription-product.html https://www.thestreet.com/story/14233293/1/facebook-s-campbe...

Torai 9y ago
That's a very misleading usage of the colon (:) punctuation mark. Is it even correct to use it like that in english?
- draw_down 9y ago
  Yes, it is used to denote the source of a bit of news or a paraphrased quote.
  - huntermeyer 9y ago
    When the source is leading it makes sense... Source: Headline This reads much better > TheStreet: Facebook to launch news subscription product
    - draw_down 9y ago
      I just said that it's correct. Which it is. If you don't like it, great.
  - monfrere 9y ago
    This should not be downvoted. One sees the source before the colon more often than after the colon, but it is common to see the source after the colon in some publications. I see several instances (e.g., "Corporate lobbying helped derail border tax: senior Republican") on the Reuters homepage right now.
    - draw_down 9y ago
      Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.
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- annexrichmond 9y ago
  I think it is more correct (and less ambiguous) to have 'TheStreet: Facebook to launch news subscription product'
- senthil_rajasek 9y ago
  I wonder why they did not use this common variant, "Facebook to launch news subscription product. -TheStreet"
- jonnathanson 9y ago
  It's a strange attributional convention used in headlines and links by some publications. I've never understood why, as it reads so confusingly, snd the reverse usage (source: topic) seems readily and intuitively available instead. But it's still common to see (topic: source) in certain house styles.
ThrustVectoring 9y ago
This should be the target of the submitted link instead, IMO.
gregmac 9y ago
To save someone the confusion and clicks: TheStreet is a media/news company [1]. The product in question: > The feature is likely to allow publishers to create a paywall on Facebook's Instant Articles and guide readers to a publisher's home page to opt for a digital subscription This HN entry is actually a Reuters article about the TheStreet article about the product. [2]* [1] http://corporate.thestreet.com/ http://corporate.thestreet.com/ [2] https://www.thestreet.com/video/14234594/you-might-have-to-pay-to-read-news-on-facebook.html https://www.thestreet.com/video/14234594/you-might-have-to-p... * I'm not sure this is exactly what's being referred to, because TheStreet appears to publish somewhere between 1 and 14 articles mentioning "facebook" every hour [3], so this was the first mention I saw as I scrolled through. [3] https://www.thestreet.com/find/results/index.html?q=facebook https://www.thestreet.com/find/results/index.html?q=facebook
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Torai 9y ago

That's a very misleading usage of the colon (:) punctuation mark. Is it even correct to use it like that in english?

draw_down 9y ago
Yes, it is used to denote the source of a bit of news or a paraphrased quote.
- huntermeyer 9y ago
  When the source is leading it makes sense... Source: Headline This reads much better > TheStreet: Facebook to launch news subscription product
  - draw_down 9y ago
    I just said that it's correct. Which it is. If you don't like it, great.
- monfrere 9y ago
  This should not be downvoted. One sees the source before the colon more often than after the colon, but it is common to see the source after the colon in some publications. I see several instances (e.g., "Corporate lobbying helped derail border tax: senior Republican") on the Reuters homepage right now.
  - draw_down 9y ago
    Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.
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annexrichmond 9y ago
I think it is more correct (and less ambiguous) to have 'TheStreet: Facebook to launch news subscription product'
senthil_rajasek 9y ago
I wonder why they did not use this common variant, "Facebook to launch news subscription product. -TheStreet"
jonnathanson 9y ago
It's a strange attributional convention used in headlines and links by some publications. I've never understood why, as it reads so confusingly, snd the reverse usage (source: topic) seems readily and intuitively available instead. But it's still common to see (topic: source) in certain house styles.

ThrustVectoring 9y ago

This should be the target of the submitted link instead, IMO.

gregmac 9y ago

To save someone the confusion and clicks: TheStreet is a media/news company [1]. The product in question: > The feature is likely to allow publishers to create a paywall on Facebook's Instant Articles and guide readers to a publisher's home page to opt for a digital subscription This HN entry is actually a Reuters article about the TheStreet article about the product. [2]* [1] http://corporate.thestreet.com/ http://corporate.thestreet.com/ [2] https://www.thestreet.com/video/14234594/you-might-have-to-pay-to-read-news-on-facebook.html https://www.thestreet.com/video/14234594/you-might-have-to-p... * I'm not sure this is exactly what's being referred to, because TheStreet appears to publish somewhere between 1 and 14 articles mentioning "facebook" every hour [3], so this was the first mention I saw as I scrolled through. [3] https://www.thestreet.com/find/results/index.html?q=facebook https://www.thestreet.com/find/results/index.html?q=facebook

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