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In my opinion the requirement that HN submissions match the article's title is quite absurd because of this phenomenon.
by resters 4y ago
In my opinion the requirement that HN submissions match the article's title is quite absurd because of this phenomenon.
- bscphil 4y agoUh, that isn't the rule, for exactly that reason. > Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- resters 4y agoI've seen many cases where mods revert an informative title in favor of a less informative one. Also, the idea that the title of a submission should match the title of the resulting article is quite silly, since often the article is written for a different audience and the informed HN submitter can sometimes craft a title that better summarizes to HN readers why the story is interesting / worth reading / controversial.