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No, it is not fine. I know it is standard practice on HN but I really don't like it at all. Just imagine every submitted article had a title like this: the HN
by yoodenvranx 9y ago
No, it is not fine. I know it is standard practice on HN but I really don't like it at all.
Just imagine every submitted article had a title like this: the HN frontpage would be full of links like "so close", "a look back", "introducing our most important features yet", "a statement regarding the events last weeks"...
HN would completely unusable like this because you would have to click on every single link to figure out what it is about.
- nkkollaw 9y agoLuckily, most writers pick better titles than this guy. If what you describe actually happened, the rules would change.
- yoodenvranx 9y agoThe problem is that this guy did not select the title for HN but for his own personal/company blog. If you visit his blog then his title makes completely sense in this context but it loses its meaning in all other contexts.
- anigbrowl 9y agoQuite. Often our reasons for being interested in something are quite different from those of the audience it was written for.