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News articles are written with the understanding that the reader could stop reading at any time so information is put as early as possible. This applies especia
by Guvante 8y ago
News articles are written with the understanding that the reader could stop reading at any time so information is put as early as possible. This applies especially to the title which is used as the very first filter for user interest. Requiring rewriting titles is a bad idea as you are never in an automated fashion going to make a better title.
As an example note that this very website heavily prefers the original title for the link text, only changing it when substantial updates are made or the original title is heavily biased.
- Whitestrake 8y ago> Requiring rewriting titles is a bad idea as you are never in an automated fashion going to make a better title. Depends on how you define "better". I would argue that a rewritten title you can read is "better" than an un-rewritten title you can't read because the site couldn't "link" it without risking a lawsuit or signing an agreement.