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Perhaps the moderation can consider changing the title to "GitHub names new CEO as Nat Friedman steps down"?
by alpb 5y ago
Perhaps the moderation can consider changing the title to "GitHub names new CEO as Nat Friedman steps down"?
- dang 5y agoI considered it, briefly changed it, but reverted it. Reason for changing: probably the most important exception to HN's title rule ("Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize.") is in the case of corporate press releases, whose bland titles are usually a kind of misdirection (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=corporate%20press%20release%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...). Reason for reverting: on reflection I think the title is more Nat's voice than corporate PR, and I'd rather respect that.