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Are you sure they want you to read their article? Cryptic titles get shared on HN and get clicked. Enough people read them, so do they really care if you read i
by paulcole 6y ago
Are you sure they want you to read their article? Cryptic titles get shared on HN and get clicked. Enough people read them, so do they really care if you read it?
- cutler 6y agoEven if you end-up reading the article you do so in a state of annoyance which is usually does not help the author's cause.
- paulcole 6y ago“You” doesn’t equate to everyone.
- cutler 6y ago"You" as in a less formal version of "one".
- paulcole 6y agoExcept everyone isn’t annoyed by cryptic titles. More people are (at worst) neutral to them than are put off by them. The reaction of one rando to a cryptic title doesn’t particularly matter. The publication is appealing to their audience (as a whole) not to me (or “you”).