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I have no issue with editing click-bait titles in general, but specifically with adding a "?" where none is required and where it misrepresents the article's co
by Veen 3y ago
I have no issue with editing click-bait titles in general, but specifically with adding a "?" where none is required and where it misrepresents the article's content. Your further title edit just strikes me as retaliatory and punitive; it does not encapsulate the article's position in the way the original did and is so uninteresting it's likely to discourage any further attention. You may not think the article deserves attention, but the users apparently disagree—no one in the thread has complained that it is a click-bait article, and people here have a hair-trigger for that sort of stuff.
- dmazin 3y agoVeen, thanks. dang, I see the value in what you're going for, but I think making the edit clear would go a long way. Consider it a feature request. The new title sucks, but it doesn't matter – the story is off the front page for some reason.