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This is called 'misrepresentation'.

MRMediocre 6y ago
Furthermore, by completely changing the title, you're grossly violating your own guidelines: "Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize."
- Smaug123 6y ago
  HN is a benevolent dictatorship, which is a big part of why it remains such a great place.
  - MRMediocre 6y ago
    Which is of course their prerogative. I have notified the author of this article about dang's deliberate misrepresentation as a courtesy.
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  - ulucs 6y ago
    I wouldn't necessarily call the community/website "great" given that the discussion would devolve into a flame war just because a different half of the title was used.
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  - threatofrain 6y ago
    I'd look at various tech sub-reddits (like Rust) and ask why other communities can do it with more transparency and better volunteerism.
    - dang 6y ago
      I'd be happy to learn from communities that get things better than we do, but one critical bit for such discussions is that size is always a dominant factor. At each order of magnitude, problems get qualitatively different. I'd guess that the Rust subreddit is much smaller than HN (though who knows? Rust is popular). If so, the lessons are not likely to translate automatically. Similarly, lessons from HN don't translate to much larger outfits than HN.
- wglb 6y ago
  This is a mis-characterization of this particular title change. He changed it to the subtitle. The part >unless it is misleading or linkbait Is what applies here. The resulting title is likely to lead to a better discussion, which is part of what HN is about.
dang 6y ago
The article's own subtitle is misrepresenting itself? You'll need to make a better case if you want people to buy that. Btw, the change I made was because of HN's rule. The original title was linkbaity, so the rule called for it to be changed. More explanation here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23045233 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23045233. It's true that the subtitle was also somewhat baity, but less so—and in any case, the change was an experiment, as I explained. If I hadn't been deviating from regular practice, there would have been no experiment, no explanation, no complaints, and therefore no responses to complaints, and this comment wouldn't exi

Furthermore, by completely changing the title, you're grossly violating your own guidelines: "Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize."

Smaug123 6y ago
HN is a benevolent dictatorship, which is a big part of why it remains such a great place.
- MRMediocre 6y ago
  Which is of course their prerogative. I have notified the author of this article about dang's deliberate misrepresentation as a courtesy.
  - deleted 6y ago
    [deleted]
- ulucs 6y ago
  I wouldn't necessarily call the community/website "great" given that the discussion would devolve into a flame war just because a different half of the title was used.
  - deleted 6y ago
    [deleted]
- threatofrain 6y ago
  I'd look at various tech sub-reddits (like Rust) and ask why other communities can do it with more transparency and better volunteerism.
  - dang 6y ago
    I'd be happy to learn from communities that get things better than we do, but one critical bit for such discussions is that size is always a dominant factor. At each order of magnitude, problems get qualitatively different. I'd guess that the Rust subreddit is much smaller than HN (though who knows? Rust is popular). If so, the lessons are not likely to translate automatically. Similarly, lessons from HN don't translate to much larger outfits than HN.
wglb 6y ago
This is a mis-characterization of this particular title change. He changed it to the subtitle. The part >unless it is misleading or linkbait Is what applies here. The resulting title is likely to lead to a better discussion, which is part of what HN is about.

dang 6y ago

The article's own subtitle is misrepresenting itself? You'll need to make a better case if you want people to buy that. Btw, the change I made was because of HN's rule. The original title was linkbaity, so the rule called for it to be changed. More explanation here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23045233 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23045233. It's true that the subtitle was also somewhat baity, but less so—and in any case, the change was an experiment, as I explained. If I hadn't been deviating from regular practice, there would have been no experiment, no explanation, no complaints, and therefore no responses to complaints, and this comment wouldn't exi