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dang, usually I would agree, but why capitulate like this? The title was absolutely correct. Climate change articles are always full of hate on HN, with people
by jacobsheehy 9y ago
dang, usually I would agree, but why capitulate like this? The title was absolutely correct. Climate change articles are always full of hate on HN, with people saying climate change is fake, etc. See the top comment in this thread: the theme is strong on HN, to hate climate scientists, to flag the articles as fake, and to get the real content removed from HN. In this one, there is a chorus to say the headline is false. But it is the chorus that is false, not the headline. You have censored the headline for no reason.
Also, my main account, cryptoz, is now temporarily? banned from posting on HN due to me defending the correctness of this headline. I wish it had not been changed. I have lost this battle.
- dang 9y agoIt's just standard HN moderation to replace baity titles with neutral ones, preferably using representative language from the article. We do this all the time, particularly with pop sci articles, where the headlines almost always oversell. cryptoz is rate limited, but not for anything to do with this. We rate limit accounts when they either post too many low-quality-for-HN comments too quickly and/or have gotten into flamewars. We're happy to un-rate-limit accounts, and do so all the time, as long as we get a commitment from the user to abide by the intention of the site in the future. But it's best to email hn@ycombinator.com if you want us to do that. Same goes for any user of course.