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Curious about HN's rules on titles. How is the language relevant in any way to this particular post? That sure seems to be editorializing in an attempt to promo

Curious about HN's rules on titles. How is the language relevant in any way to this particular post? That sure seems to be editorializing in an attempt to promote something other than the project itself (and obviously to get upvotes). Given the explicit rules against both editorializing and soliciting upvotes, I don't see why this title is allowed. > Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize. > Don't solicit upvotes, comments, or submissions.

adamnemecek 6y ago
Below, I link to the original announcement which was posted to /r/rust. The author talks about the choice of Rust a bunch.
- bachmeier 6y ago
  Okay, but my point still stands - that has nothing to do with what was posted to HN. That part was included in the title to get upvotes.
  - adamnemecek 6y ago
    It was included in the title since the author though that the language choice mattered.
    - libria 6y ago
      It does matter in the context of the author addressing the /r/rust community. If you had posted the reddit link instead this would make sense. But I don't think the language is relevant for the direct inciteful.xyz site itself. Better to submit both links separately than trying to combine them as they have different audiences.
      - adamnemecek 6y ago
        Posting it twice is a terrible suggestion.
        dang 6y ago
        Posting one and linking to the other in the comments, as you did, is the best way.
tedunangst 6y ago
My first question was how much academic literature written in rust is there.
chapium 6y ago
There may or may not be some interesting reasons for choosing rust, but also the original article does not even include Rust in the title. It seems like Rust is mentioned solely for attention in this case. Would "A better way to search through academic literature" have been popular? Probably. How about "A better way to search through academic literature written in Java"? I assume not. Regarding moderation, its a thankless task which I don't envy and its hard to draw a line over nitpicky article titles when one has been voted in already.
dang 6y ago
From an HN point of view Rust is so frequently discussed that it's probably better not to orient a submission like this in that direction—it will probably get sucked in the generic direction, and the diff here (new academic search engine) is more interesting. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=generic%20discussion%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=curiosity%20repetition%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=diffs%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...

adamnemecek 6y ago

Below, I link to the original announcement which was posted to /r/rust. The author talks about the choice of Rust a bunch.

bachmeier 6y ago
Okay, but my point still stands - that has nothing to do with what was posted to HN. That part was included in the title to get upvotes.
- adamnemecek 6y ago
  It was included in the title since the author though that the language choice mattered.
  - libria 6y ago
    It does matter in the context of the author addressing the /r/rust community. If you had posted the reddit link instead this would make sense. But I don't think the language is relevant for the direct inciteful.xyz site itself. Better to submit both links separately than trying to combine them as they have different audiences.
    - adamnemecek 6y ago
      Posting it twice is a terrible suggestion.
      - dang 6y ago
        Posting one and linking to the other in the comments, as you did, is the best way.

tedunangst 6y ago

My first question was how much academic literature written in rust is there.

chapium 6y ago

There may or may not be some interesting reasons for choosing rust, but also the original article does not even include Rust in the title. It seems like Rust is mentioned solely for attention in this case. Would "A better way to search through academic literature" have been popular? Probably. How about "A better way to search through academic literature written in Java"? I assume not. Regarding moderation, its a thankless task which I don't envy and its hard to draw a line over nitpicky article titles when one has been voted in already.

dang 6y ago

From an HN point of view Rust is so frequently discussed that it's probably better not to orient a submission like this in that direction—it will probably get sucked in the generic direction, and the diff here (new academic search engine) is more interesting. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=generic%20discussion%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=curiosity%20repetition%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=diffs%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...