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> A ‘thrilling’ mission to get the Swedish to change overnight (bbc.com) Can we get an anti-clickbait headline policy? This was fifty years ago too.
by Y_Y 9y ago
> A ‘thrilling’ mission to get the Swedish to change overnight (bbc.com)
Can we get an anti-clickbait headline policy? This was fifty years ago too.
- JeremyBanks 9y agoWe have one. > please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- digi_owl 9y agoSadly it does crap all when the original headline is already clickbait...
- ars 9y agoPolicy is, you are supposed to use the sub-heading, or even words from the first paragraph in those cases.
- FearNotDaniel 9y agoOriginal title is definitely linkbait and so I would say it warrants some kind of prefix like "H-Day 1967: A ‘thrilling’ mission to get the Swedish to change overnight". It's a great story worthy of HN for anyone who hasn't already read about it elsewhere; the prefix is enough to let those of us already familiar with the story decide whether we can be bothered to click through to see if this article adds any new insight.
- Double_a_92 9y agoI'd also mention what was supposed to change.
- jonhendry18 9y agoIt's a quote of someone describing how it felt then. Not the usual clickbait where the "thrilling" would just have been added by the headline writer.
- PhasmaFelis 9y agoIt's in quotes. Chill out.