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They have a policy of _always_ changing it to match the title of the linked article. Most of the time this is either an improvement or (as in this case) neutra
by mankyd 9y ago
They have a policy of _always_ changing it to match the title of the linked article.
Most of the time this is either an improvement or (as in this case) neutral.
I do wish they'd allow a little more editorializing, quite frankly. The linked title is not _always_ an improvement.
- sincerely 9y agoAh! That's interesting, I didn't realize it was an official policy. Given that, wouldn't it make sense to generate the post titles from the <title> element of the link automatically?
- Larrikin 9y agoTitle changes are still allowed when the title is too long, misleading, or provides no information about the contents.
- BinaryIdiot 9y agoAgreed; this would be far more useful having "Stripe" in the title as I had to click through to see who was ending to and couldn't just grok it.
- tptacek 9y agoNot _always_; titles change when they're linkbait. Here, though, Stripe is already in the story title, and the "Stripe ends" preface suggests that it's a story being written about Stripe, rather than Stripe writing for themselves.