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This title makes more sense if the question mark is removed? Otherwise it seems like a request for information rather than an offer to provide information? I’m
by snowwrestler 4y ago
This title makes more sense if the question mark is removed? Otherwise it seems like a request for information rather than an offer to provide information?
I’m Ron Burgundy?
EDIT: the blog post title has now been edited to remove the question mark; it would be good if someone could edit the HN title to match.
- wombat-man 4y agoYeah, I think that was a mistake?
- ihuman 4y agoProbably, because the article's title doesn't have one?
- snowwrestler 4y agoIt doesn’t anymore. It did when I posted my comment (I checked first).
- lewiscollard 4y agoI think there's some kind of automatic title re-writing happening on HN, which sticks a question mark on the end of titles that contain the word "why" and "is". I think the goal is to make titles less clickbaity. In practice, it mangles them such that they look like the author has a weak understanding of English punctuation and/or grammar :(
- snowwrestler 4y agoIn this case, the original blog post title ended in a question mark (now removed).
- cyanydeez 4y agoI now just hear valley girl when I see question marks.
- ogogmad 4y agoThere are some people who don't know the difference between "!" and "?"? I'm serious?