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I hear you, but that's just not how this particular site works. Here it's “original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait”, which is a fundamental quality.
by sctb 8y ago
I hear you, but that's just not how this particular site works. Here it's “original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait”, which is a fundamental quality. A link aggregator with editorialized titles would simply be a different thing.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- MikusR 8y agoBut in this case the original title "Intel Power Gadget" is more misleading than the "Intel Pulls MacOS Version of Power Gadget".
- pvg 8y agoIt's Intel's page about Power Gadget. Its title 'Intel Power Gadget' is not at all misleading. When you click on it, you don't end up on a page about beekeeping.
- falsedan 8y agoIt’s misleading since the newsworthy context has been removed for the sake of pedantic rule adherence.
- pvg 8y ago'Misleading' is not a synonym for 'I don't like the rules'. Using it like that is misleading.
- falsedan 8y agoI don’t understand what relevance your definition has to this discussion. If I wanted to comment that I don’t like the rule, I would have said so. Please don’t lazily impose your lack of understanding on other people’s comments and listen in good faith to accept they genuinely have a point and try to understand it.