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Yes it's clickbait, so I didn't upvote it; an accurate title would have been "Lessons learned upgrading Lichess from Scala 2 -> 3 and the need to tune the JVM".
by smcin 4y ago
Yes it's clickbait, so I didn't upvote it; an accurate title would have been "Lessons learned upgrading Lichess from Scala 2 -> 3 and the need to tune the JVM". A drama-free title like that would have been fine, and I would have upvoted.
- jonathanyc 4y agoI agree. Clickbait titles are not universalizable. Kant would not be pleased.
- kzrdude 4y agoThe actual title seems to be Lichess & Scala 3 and the subhead is "Lichess gets a big upgrade. It doesn't go as planned."
- Yiin 4y agoPersonally I'd never click on your proposed title as I have 0 interest in Scala, but I clicked on this one and was pleasantly surprised by interesting story. Making everything sound robotic is not the way.
- smcin 4y agoDo you agree that title is clickbait? You are ok with titles that misrepresent or exaggerate to boost clicks (even if most of those viewers bounce upon discovering that)?
- hgsgm 4y ago
- jzoch 4y agoBut the upgrade....didnt go as planned? In what way was it a misrepresentation? It was certainly generic but definitely not exaggerated. Felt fine for an editorialized title
- smcin 4y agosdwr's comment had already explained why this is clickbait: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34008009 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34008009
- switchbak 4y agoThey planned to have a much bigger hassle with the upgrade. That "plan" didn't materialize, as the upgrade was a lot smoother than they expected. Sure the title is jazzed up a lot, but calling it clickbait seems to be a bit harsh.
- _Algernon_ 4y agoYou just described the exact reason why this is clickbait. You wouldn't have clicked but due to editorialized title, you did click.
- quickthrower2 4y agoOr maybe the actual title “ Lichess & Scala 3” It is not the articles fault the first sentence was used as the title