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I'm not talking about titles in general, you're probably right, but in this particular case I think this was the crucial bit of information for me - the code wa
by dvfjsdhgfv 8y ago
I'm not talking about titles in general, you're probably right, but in this particular case I think this was the crucial bit of information for me - the code was released many years ago, and I'm sure only a fraction of HNers read the articles in full so many would never notice this important piece of information.
- pvg 8y agoThe way generally HN works is - if you post something, you don't get to decide what the critical bit of information in it is - you aren't allowed to editorialize. So if you want to highlight something, you're supposed to do it in comments or write your own thing that highlights the bits you think are interesting and post that. This makes for some anodyne titles but it's not hard to see why it's probably saner than the alternatives.