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Do you think it's worth editing the title? Will I step on any metaphorical landmines because the HN community (for example) prefers immutability?
by piercebot 5y ago
Do you think it's worth editing the title? Will I step on any metaphorical landmines because the HN community (for example) prefers immutability?
- mimimi31 5y agoI don't think you should have. The HN guidelines say >[...] use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize. While it being vegan is kind of beside the point, I wouldn't say that it's misleading.
- buran77 5y agoThis being said, the word "vegan" is not properly used here, causing confusion. "Vegan" relates to diets and food in general according to the dictionary. The author probably simply meant "plant based" and erroneously used "vegan" instead. Unless they meant it's a dish in which case... yeah, I guess.
- tmp538394722 5y agoIt’s also used to talk about things like clothing made out of leather alternative.
- buran77 5y agoI imagine that's also used erroneously. It may make it into the dictionary with this meaning at some point but right now people just ad-hoc borrowed the diet/food-related term "vegan" and apply it for things that use no animal products. Now imagine if someone called coal a "vegan energy source". :)