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It looks like the title of this thread was changed since the first time I saw it to something that doesn't match the title of the article. This new headline doe
by shkkmo 5y ago
It looks like the title of this thread was changed since the first time I saw it to something that doesn't match the title of the article. This new headline doesn't seem very clear at all. "Losing an offer" conveys something very different from "rescinded an offer".
- dang 5y agoI changed it to the HTML doc title, which is a legit source of good titles on HN and often has the most accurate/neutral version (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20%22html%20doc%20title%22&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...). (Submitted title was "Stripe applicants say that the company is rescinding offers after it makes them", which was either editorialized, against the site guidelines, or later changed by the publication.)
- jgilias 5y agoWhy not change the headline to the actual article title? 'Stripe is on a hiring spree. But it's also rescinding job offers and angering engineers.'
- dang 5y agoThere are several options for actual-article-title, including the HTML doc title. In this case I picked it over the heading on the page because it's less baity. That's often the case, so we often do that; it's a standard mod practice going back years, as you'll see if you scroll through the search link in my GP comment.
- pseudalopex 5y agoPlease define baity. The title on the page isn't deceptive or vague.