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The title of the article is "Fighting China's Golden Shield: Cisco sued over jailing and torture of dissidents". The HN submit tool wants < 80 characters, I fi
by dools 15y ago
The title of the article is "Fighting China's Golden Shield: Cisco sued over jailing and torture of dissidents".
The HN submit tool wants < 80 characters, I figured that "Cisco sued over jailing and torture of dissidents" is more informative than "Fighting China's Golden Shield".
I've been warned before by pg about "editorialising in the title" so I reused the title of the article verbatim. If you have a problem with that, take it up with pg
- ars 15y agoThe title is: Cisco Sued By Chinese Political Prisoners Over 'Golden Shield' It seems to have a second title though, but the first one is much more accurate.
- dools 15y agoI've updated the title to be the title of the target page now, rather than the "headline" (I guess that's what you'd call it).
- jgamman 15y agoi believe the intent is to make the title as informative as possible for the audience - not just to C&P the one given ie, the guidelines state something like "don't post 'top-10 ways to do foo', better to change title to something like "10 ways to do foo (2 of which are smart)" or similar. <personal>C&P'ing some-else's linkbait is just as unethical and disrespectful to the community as writing your own...