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One thing I dislike about title edits, even when it is for the better, is that it makes it hard to know if you already have read the article. Popular topics of
by tjoff 7y ago
One thing I dislike about title edits, even when it is for the better, is that it makes it hard to know if you already have read the article.
Popular topics often get multiple submissions and trigger related topics. When the title changes it is hard to know whether it is a new link with new/different information or whether it is the same one that I've already read.
In my opinion once something hits the front page it is too late to edit it (other than minor things such as adding year or [pdf/video]).
- bambax 7y agoExactly! That was my motivation too when writing a similar tool as a browser extension [0]. So for each title you can see the original text. [0] hntitles.adgent.com
- joncrane 7y agoMy browser (FF) displays the link in a slightly lighter grey if I've visited it. To clean up my feed, I hide topics that I am "done with." That is, I gave it the amount of attention I'm willing to give it. This keeps my feed updating quicker as new items enter the stack at the bottom to replace the ones I've hidden. I started doing this because it mimics the behavior of one of reddit's settings, which is to hide all topics I've voted on. I found the feature so convenient that I started using the hiding behavior here in the same way.