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So on an average day for you, how much time do you spend dealing with whiny posters complaining about titles, and then manually re-editorializing them yourself?
by paulmd 8y ago
So on an average day for you, how much time do you spend dealing with whiny posters complaining about titles, and then manually re-editorializing them yourself?
I see you've had to respond to this one at least twice, and that doesn't seem unusual from what I see here. Multiply it by a couple dozen articles that are on/near the front page per day, and...
You should keep a log and see, I suspect it's a larger fraction than you realize. It's not a positive benefit for the community discussion either.
- dang 8y agoHN users' passion for accurate titles is an unstoppable force, so the object it meets had better be moveable. I learned that the hard way. Title fever is not good for discussion, that's true, but the only way to minimize it is to flex with objections. I learned that the hard way too. The interesting question is why. It can't just be about titles; those are too trivial to bring out that kind of emotion.
- samatman 8y agoContext switching sucks is why. An accurate headline is like parking in a parking spot. A misleading clickbait headline is like backing into the same parking spot. This is the only place where we have any control over that, every other social media venue we're stuck with the flashing lights and beeping noises. Thanks for your vigilance.