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Yes, and the OP did abide by HN guidelines. But GGP implied that the title was misleading; but it was the original title! So, what to do if the original title i

Yes, and the OP did abide by HN guidelines. But GGP implied that the title was misleading; but it was the original title! So, what to do if the original title is misleading? Admittedly this is a twitter thread, so no "actual title" exists.

_Algernon_ 3y ago
>So, what to do if the original title is misleading? I'd suggest posting an alternative, non-misleading source instead, or if none exists, don't post at all.
- andybak 3y ago
  Then this very interesting piece would never never come to my attention. Which is surely the worst outcome.
  - walteweiss 3y ago
    Oh yeah, I bet something dramatic would happen if neither of us would see it.
  - 6510 3y ago
    Best is "you wont believe what happened when I tested NVMe SSDs"
- alanfranz 3y ago
  Personally, I _do_ editorialize by posting a “summary” of what a post discusses, if there’s no real title. I try not to make it pass as my own opinion; sometimes it happened that mods reverted it to the original, less relevant title.
  - yorwba 3y ago
    The trick is to write the summary from the point of view of the original author, preferably by lifting a quote from the text. https://hackernewstitles.netlify.app/ https://hackernewstitles.netlify.app/ has a recent example "Kevin Scott (MSFT CTO) inviting all Open AI employees to join MSFT" which sounds like the title of a third-party article describing said event, but actually directly points to the Microsoft CTO's tweet with the offer https://twitter.com/kevin_scott/status/1726971608706031670 https://twitter.com/kevin_scott/status/1726971608706031670 so it got edited to a quote "If needed, you have a role at Microsoft that matches your compensation" which is an attempt to summarize the content but doesn't provide additional context so it might be condidered more clickbaity https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38364315 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38364315
devnullbrain 3y ago
>So, what to do if the original title is misleading? Complain about it in a comment so that people who don't click the link are aware it's misleading. It's not attacking OP.

_Algernon_ 3y ago

>So, what to do if the original title is misleading? I'd suggest posting an alternative, non-misleading source instead, or if none exists, don't post at all.

andybak 3y ago
Then this very interesting piece would never never come to my attention. Which is surely the worst outcome.
- walteweiss 3y ago
  Oh yeah, I bet something dramatic would happen if neither of us would see it.
- 6510 3y ago
  Best is "you wont believe what happened when I tested NVMe SSDs"
alanfranz 3y ago
Personally, I _do_ editorialize by posting a “summary” of what a post discusses, if there’s no real title. I try not to make it pass as my own opinion; sometimes it happened that mods reverted it to the original, less relevant title.
- yorwba 3y ago
  The trick is to write the summary from the point of view of the original author, preferably by lifting a quote from the text. https://hackernewstitles.netlify.app/ https://hackernewstitles.netlify.app/ has a recent example "Kevin Scott (MSFT CTO) inviting all Open AI employees to join MSFT" which sounds like the title of a third-party article describing said event, but actually directly points to the Microsoft CTO's tweet with the offer https://twitter.com/kevin_scott/status/1726971608706031670 https://twitter.com/kevin_scott/status/1726971608706031670 so it got edited to a quote "If needed, you have a role at Microsoft that matches your compensation" which is an attempt to summarize the content but doesn't provide additional context so it might be condidered more clickbaity https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38364315 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38364315

devnullbrain 3y ago

>So, what to do if the original title is misleading? Complain about it in a comment so that people who don't click the link are aware it's misleading. It's not attacking OP.