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HN guidelines forbid changing the title. I proposed changing this once, but the post didn't get traction. There was more traction for that years ago though. htt
by nsajko 5y ago
HN guidelines forbid changing the title. I proposed changing this once, but the post didn't get traction. There was more traction for that years ago though. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26300126 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26300126
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- slyall 5y agoI often change titles on submissions. Making them shorter for instance. I also do change some to provide more context that the original source didn't. An article has only 15 minutes in /new to attract enough votes. Sticking with a crappy title nobody will click on wastes everyone's time. Obviously don't go full clickbaity. Sometimes the HN mods change them back.
- dang 5y ago> HN guidelines do not forbid changing the title. It's more nuanced than that. See https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html: "Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize."