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The subtitle is > Neurons might contain something incredible within them. but the HN title right now is > Neurons might contain something within them I gues

The subtitle is > Neurons might contain something incredible within them. but the HN title right now is > Neurons might contain something within them I guess there's some intensifier filter that removes "AMAZING" and "INCREDIBLE!" and "10 REASONS YOU'LL BE SHOCKED". But I like to imagine that people previously thought that neurons were entirely hollow

kuroguro 6y ago
IIRC the submitter can re-edit the title and it doesn't filter them the second time. The edit button disappears after a while tho.
ddevault 6y ago
In either case, it's a bad title. It should be rewritten to avoid clickbait. Edit: sigh. To quote the guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize.
darig 6y ago
"Might" means the exact same thing as "Might Not"
kazinator 6y ago
Obviously, it means "something newly noteworthy in them". Not the stuff you already know they contain, like cytoplasm and a nucleus and other cell materials.
numpad0 6y ago
A question that immediately came to my mind upon reading this comment was “what kind of title would turn from benign one into a clickbait only through such filter”
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dang 6y ago
Yup, that filter a.k.a. the debaiter does a far from perfect job. Submitters can always fix the titles it mangles by clicking 'edit'. Just please don't put bait back in. I'm rather fond of what the software came up with here. The title it was given is so bad that I'm having trouble thinking of a better edit myself, and the main article title is even worse. As for the article body: Surely the blackout on this ferret-experiment cannot last forever. I think we can maybe wait for a more neutral source?
ciferkey 6y ago
This is really cool. I knew there was a policy on titles for submissions but not that there is also an automated process. Do you know if it's documented anywhere or are the details intentionally keep a mystery?

kuroguro 6y ago

IIRC the submitter can re-edit the title and it doesn't filter them the second time. The edit button disappears after a while tho.

ddevault 6y ago

In either case, it's a bad title. It should be rewritten to avoid clickbait. Edit: sigh. To quote the guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize.

darig 6y ago

"Might" means the exact same thing as "Might Not"

kazinator 6y ago

Obviously, it means "something newly noteworthy in them". Not the stuff you already know they contain, like cytoplasm and a nucleus and other cell materials.

numpad0 6y ago

A question that immediately came to my mind upon reading this comment was “what kind of title would turn from benign one into a clickbait only through such filter”

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dang 6y ago

Yup, that filter a.k.a. the debaiter does a far from perfect job. Submitters can always fix the titles it mangles by clicking 'edit'. Just please don't put bait back in. I'm rather fond of what the software came up with here. The title it was given is so bad that I'm having trouble thinking of a better edit myself, and the main article title is even worse. As for the article body: Surely the blackout on this ferret-experiment cannot last forever. I think we can maybe wait for a more neutral source?

ciferkey 6y ago

This is really cool. I knew there was a policy on titles for submissions but not that there is also an automated process. Do you know if it's documented anywhere or are the details intentionally keep a mystery?