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Can we please fix the title? Not only is it incomplete and makes no sense, it also got butchered such that it is now wrong. Original: "Twitter faces a class ac

Can we please fix the title? Not only is it incomplete and makes no sense, it also got butchered such that it is now wrong. Original: "Twitter faces a class action lawsuit over mass employee layoffs without proper legal notice" At least replace the "with" with "without".

rickstanley 4y ago
The original title is 11 characters too long for submission.
- mikestew 4y ago
  I didn't ask for the original title, I asked that the title be fixed. As an example, removing "mass employee" gets under the limit and leaves a title that's a lot more clear than what's up there now. "Twitter faces lawsuit..." gets you there, several ways of shortening without losing much meaning. HN guidelines ask that the original be used. But if original is too long, we should at least try to leave something that makes sense and doesn't incorrectly flip Boolean flags.
  - deathanatos 4y ago
    Agree w/ your point, and your suggested title. Looking at the slug, it seems like TFA might have originally butchered, and later changed the title, too.
  - rickstanley 4y ago
    My mistake, I read you comment erroneously. Sorry.
    - mikestew 4y ago
      No worries, hopefully someone benefits from the discussion as to how and why HN titles sometimes end up the way they do.
- themanmaran 4y ago
  "Twitter faces a̶ class action lawsuit over mass e̶m̶p̶l̶o̶y̶e̶e̶ layoffs without proper legal notice" Shaved off exactly 11 characters (including spaces).
blindriver 4y ago
It's also wrong. According to the email they received, they are getting paid until Feb 2023, plus one vest of their RSUs from what I heard. There is no legal basis for a lawsuit.
- cmeacham98 4y ago
  Source? Do you work for Twitter? I haven't seen this claim anywhere. Edit: source is https://www.businessinsider.com/read-blunt-email-telling-twitter-staff-jobs-axed-layoffs-2022-11 https://www.businessinsider.com/read-blunt-email-telling-twi...
  - Tangurena2 4y ago
    Previously posted, this includes part of the email they got: https://www.businessinsider.com/read-blunt-email-telling-twitter-staff-jobs-axed-layoffs-2022-11 https://www.businessinsider.com/read-blunt-email-telling-twi...
- 93po 4y ago
  There's no realistic basis for a lawsuit. However that won't stop journalists from using language like "faces" lawsuit which means literally nothing has happened but we're going to speculate to generate clickbait.

rickstanley 4y ago

The original title is 11 characters too long for submission.

mikestew 4y ago
I didn't ask for the original title, I asked that the title be fixed. As an example, removing "mass employee" gets under the limit and leaves a title that's a lot more clear than what's up there now. "Twitter faces lawsuit..." gets you there, several ways of shortening without losing much meaning. HN guidelines ask that the original be used. But if original is too long, we should at least try to leave something that makes sense and doesn't incorrectly flip Boolean flags.
- deathanatos 4y ago
  Agree w/ your point, and your suggested title. Looking at the slug, it seems like TFA might have originally butchered, and later changed the title, too.
- rickstanley 4y ago
  My mistake, I read you comment erroneously. Sorry.
  - mikestew 4y ago
    No worries, hopefully someone benefits from the discussion as to how and why HN titles sometimes end up the way they do.
themanmaran 4y ago
"Twitter faces a̶ class action lawsuit over mass e̶m̶p̶l̶o̶y̶e̶e̶ layoffs without proper legal notice" Shaved off exactly 11 characters (including spaces).

blindriver 4y ago

It's also wrong. According to the email they received, they are getting paid until Feb 2023, plus one vest of their RSUs from what I heard. There is no legal basis for a lawsuit.

cmeacham98 4y ago
Source? Do you work for Twitter? I haven't seen this claim anywhere. Edit: source is https://www.businessinsider.com/read-blunt-email-telling-twitter-staff-jobs-axed-layoffs-2022-11 https://www.businessinsider.com/read-blunt-email-telling-twi...
- Tangurena2 4y ago
  Previously posted, this includes part of the email they got: https://www.businessinsider.com/read-blunt-email-telling-twitter-staff-jobs-axed-layoffs-2022-11 https://www.businessinsider.com/read-blunt-email-telling-twi...
93po 4y ago
There's no realistic basis for a lawsuit. However that won't stop journalists from using language like "faces" lawsuit which means literally nothing has happened but we're going to speculate to generate clickbait.