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With a few exceptions. In particular: > "[P]lease use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait. Don't editorialize." https://news.ycombinator.c
by grzm 9y ago
With a few exceptions. In particular:
> "[P]lease use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait. Don't editorialize."
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- nkkollaw 9y agoBut was it misleading or clickbait? I'm just curious.
- grzm 9y agoArguably, yes. It's written to elicit a strong emotional response that can affect the direction and quality of discussion. After all, one of the primary goals of HN is quality discussion. The mods have written about this when commenting on title changes: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=author:dang%20changed%20title&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?query=author:dang%20changed%20title&... In particular, this one seems appropriate: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16336433 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16336433