3 ms·What is going on with the recent spate of “()” article titles?by bambataa 7y agoWhat is going on with the recent spate of “()” article titles?yen223 7y agoThat's a HN thing, to indicate the year in which the article was published. Typically only used for articles published before the current year.bambataa 7y agoWhen I posted that the title was literally just “()” without anything else. I’ve seen it a few times in recent days.