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> Authors don't usually write the headlines at media publications. Well, this is just sad.
by mrwnmonm 4y ago
> Authors don't usually write the headlines at media publications.
Well, this is just sad.
- goldenkey 4y agoThis actually came up in the Amber Heard vs Johnny Depp trial. "Heard was also found liable for the headline, which was written by a Washington Post editor." https://www.insider.com/aclu-wrote-amber-heard-washington-post-oped-johnny-depp-2022-6 https://www.insider.com/aclu-wrote-amber-heard-washington-po...
- mrwnmonm 4y agoLet's say the article is good and presenting a good argument.... but can I conclude from this that the IEEE is acting like news media and only care about traffic?
- dang 4y agoMaybe yes. I agree the headline and especially the subtitle are disappointing from them. But we can't do anything about that, and we've learned a long time ago not to judge media articles just by their headlines. Nor by the general quality of the site, actually [1], although that point isn't so relevant here. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=%22article%20quality%22%20%22site%20quality%22%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...
- mrwnmonm 4y agoGot it, thanks for your efforts, my comments weren't against you btw.
- dang 4y agoIndeed it is, but it's been that way for well over a century and it's a product of institutional pressures. HN is in the sweet spot of not being subject to those pressures (we don't have to optimize for clicks or ads because it's in YC's business interests to fund it for other reasons), so we can take a different approach to headlines. Basically, it's the headline writer's job to sex up the title and our job to knock it down to size. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20%22sex%20up%22&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...