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Frankly, in this case that’s a load of crap and editing the title to not contain the company name makes it look like YC are in their pockets.
by eurasiantiger 6y ago
Frankly, in this case that’s a load of crap and editing the title to not contain the company name makes it look like YC are in their pockets.
- dang 6y agoThe company name is right up there. From the guidelines: If the title includes the name of the site, please take it out, because the site name will be displayed after the link https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html (Not in Tinder's pockets.)
- eurasiantiger 6y agoDoes someone here scan all the domain names, and not just the titles, when browsing HN? Genuinely curious, please comment if you do.
- sundarurfriend 6y agoWhen a title catches my attention and I'm about to open either the link or its comments page, I automatically look over at the domain too before clicking.
- Nicksil 6y agoYeah, I do. It helps to weed-out a lot of junk. Sometimes, if quickly looking for something read for the moment, I'll only scan the domains.
- CodesInChaos 6y agoI think that's a good rule when linking to secondary sources, because the name of the source isn't essential to understanding the topic. But the name of the company the article is about is important enough to be part of the title, even if the link happens to go to an article on a domain associated with that company.