Both your and GP comment are inaccurate and/or unclear. HN prefers but does not require the original title. HN does not permit submitter editorialising. Wher

Both your and GP comment are inaccurate and/or unclear. HN prefers but does not require the original title. HN does not permit submitter editorialising. Where the original title is clickbait, which may include editorialising, HN requests that submitters change the title, if at all possible to some phrase within the article. Another de facto rule concerns "title fever", which is when a title is so distracting that it overwhelms the content of the article in discussion. From the guidelines: If the title includes the name of the site, please take it out, because the site name will be displayed after the link. 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." Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize. <https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html> Some of dang's comments on the issue: - On changing original title (from yesterday, and NPR to boot): <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37625424 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37625424>. Also: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36655892 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36655892> - On substituting a phrase from the article: <https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20title%20phrase%20from%20the%20article&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...> - On submitter editorialising: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8357252 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8357252> <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35163133 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35163133> - Distracting titles: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37137478 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37137478>. Particularly cases where "the thread will lose its mind": <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22176686 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22176686> - "Title fever": (Beginning 4 'graphs in) <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20429573 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20429573>