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An unnecessary distinction as it can quite be easily inferred from the current title. Despite this there seem to be a lot of people nitpicking on semantics of t
by alimbada 8y ago
An unnecessary distinction as it can quite be easily inferred from the current title. Despite this there seem to be a lot of people nitpicking on semantics of the title in this thread. It's unnecessary noise and detracts (and distracts) from the real conversation.
- paulmd 8y agoIt's not just this thread. HN is absolutely obsessed with nitpicking titles and yes, it's distracting and detracts from actual discussion of the topics. The moderation team here tacitly encourages it by catering to it. I've seen some threads go through 2 or 3 title changes as people find something new to complain about. Really it's almost a form of editorializing in itself - the title of the article is what it is, people here just think they know better than the author.