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It IS baity and it was planned that way. And we shouldn't change titles but discuss whether or not sites that use titles like these should be qualified/used as
by martin_a 8y ago
It IS baity and it was planned that way.
And we shouldn't change titles but discuss whether or not sites that use titles like these should be qualified/used as sources or get "banned".
This is a worldwide phenomena and it's terrible. It's ruining trust in media and dulls the power of words.
- dang 8y agoIt's common for a good article to get a lame title, because writing articles and writing titles are different jobs at many publications. The solution in such cases is to replace the lame title with a good one, so HN users can discuss the article instead of getting distracted by the title. I don't think that at HN we have much power to affect "trust in media" or "the power of words", but if we did, the way to wield it would be to select the best articles and deselect the worst titles, which is what we try to do anyway. Banning entire publications wouldn't help because the good and bad articles are scattered across many publications and often exist side by side.