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HN has worked that way for a long time. The submission guidelines say: > If the title contains a gratuitous number or number + adjective, we'd appreciate it i
by teraflop 4y ago
HN has worked that way for a long time.
The submission guidelines say:
> If the title contains a gratuitous number or number + adjective, we'd appreciate it if you'd crop it. E.g. translate "10 Ways To Do X" to "How To Do X," and "14 Amazing Ys" to "Ys." Exception: when the number is meaningful, e.g. "The 5 Platonic Solids."
...but what they don't tell you is that at some point, somebody decided it would be a good idea for the site to automatically remove numbers from titles, with no regard for whether they're "meaningful".