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I rarely editorialize titles. In this case I felt that NASA was intentionally "burying the lede" so I substituted with a clear headline so HN readers would know
by kloch 4y ago
I rarely editorialize titles. In this case I felt that NASA was intentionally "burying the lede" so I substituted with a clear headline so HN readers would know what it's actually about.
- dang 4y agoBurying the lede counts as misleading, especially in corporate press releases, which are usually designed to obfuscate*. So this is a legit edit, covered by the "unless" in "Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait." I hesitate to point this out for fear of opening a loophole for abuses, but it really is a consistent pattern with press releases. The other option, of course, is to find a good third-party article reporting on the same news. Whatever is in an organization's interest to obfuscate, is in a good reporter's interest to uncover, and if the story is important or popular, such an article probably exists somewhere. * https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=corporate%20press%20release%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...
- zinekeller 4y agoThanks dang for the insight > The other option, of course, is to find a good third-party article reporting on the same news. Whatever it's in an organization's interest to obfuscate, it's in a good reporter's interest to uncover, and if the story is important or popular, such an article probably exists somewhere. The problem I think that there's (as of posting) no third-party articles about this from reasonably-credible writers.
- thrill 4y agoSo, you editorialize when it's to your liking?