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Why was the title edited to say the exact opposite of what the article says? This practice seems to get a bit out of hand recently.
by ThePhysicist 4y ago
Why was the title edited to say the exact opposite of what the article says? This practice seems to get a bit out of hand recently.
- GoldinGuy 4y agoI'm not sure - I didn't edit it and I don't know how to fix it
- mtVessel 4y agoHN has some rules for automatically fixing up headlines. Usually it edits out small words like "the" and "a" at the beginning of a title. I have no idea what the rationale for this is, especially considering the potential for corrupting the emphasis of the original headline, like in this case.
- maicro 4y agoI noticed this as well; at first I thought this was a tongue-in-cheek response to the "Stop..." version.
- gitgud 4y agoAccording to the "HN guidelines" [1] > Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize. So, "Stop using" could be considered "linkbait", which could be why it was changed to just "Using". It's ironic that this has the effect of misleading the author's intent... [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html