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> X challenges (verb) Y to Z in order to reach you where X = Gated, Y = unknown senders, and Z = donate to charity.
by Ndymium 5y ago
> X challenges (verb) Y to Z in order to reach you
where X = Gated, Y = unknown senders, and Z = donate to charity.
- jimmytidey 5y agoOnly on HN would this count as addressing the point that the title is poorly written.
- Ndymium 5y agoI guess I missed the point, as I provided an example on how to parse it, since it was deemed "unparseable".
- xondono 5y agoI still have no idea what the title is about. The “clickbaitiness” of HN posts is increasing, and I don’t like it.
- Operyl 5y agoThey filter your email and send challenges to unknown senders that require they donate to charity in order to get their email in your inbox. I agree with your statement (in regards to other articles), but the title is definitely exactly what it is (just confusing because of the product name).
- jasode 5y ago>I still have no idea what the title is about. The “clickbaitiness” of HN posts The post's title isn't clickbait. It's a wording style that simply has many auxiliary verbs and grammar articles removed.[1] Anyway, the same sentence with extra helper words in [] may help in parsing it: "[The company called] Gated [has a junk email filtering service that issues] challenges [to] unknown senders [by forcing them] to donate to charity in order to reach you"* [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_style#Headline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_style#Headline
- xondono 5y ago> The post's title isn't clickbait. Debatable, it’s definitely written that way here on HN because not knowing what’s about triggers our curiosity. Is the educated version of “You won’t believe what happened next”.