I don't think it would have been as bad without the provocative title and subheds. They effectively hide the work you've done and provide handy hooks on which c

I don't think it would have been as bad without the provocative title and subheds. They effectively hide the work you've done and provide handy hooks on which commenters will eagerly hang their generic tangents. This is a pretty lousy aspect of HN and I don't think it's any kind of indication the article is somehow not well written. But I think you underestimate how much these initial conditions affect the quality of discussion.