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> Also, often we'll change such titles (as I just did above) So it's ok to change titles to something that is nowhere near what the original title meant when p
by SevenSigs 5y ago
> Also, often we'll change such titles (as I just did above)
So it's ok to change titles to something that is nowhere near what the original title meant when posting a new url?
- dang 5y agoIt's the article's own subtitle; I wouldn't say that's "nowhere near". In fact the subtitle is often much closer to the article's actual content, especially when the main titles are written by headline writers optimizing for linkbait. This is standard HN moderation—it might be good to review the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. Lots of examples at https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20linkbati&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que....