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This title wasn't editorializing, it wasn't an opinion, it is just more specific.

pvg 3y ago
It's injecting one's opinion of what is important about the article into the title. This misrepresents the article and puts the personal view of the poster in a favoured position it doesn't merit. One of the most basic not-allowed things in HN titles.
- belter 3y ago
  What opinion is expressed by the title below? "How to install Windows 11 on a device that does not meet Windows 11 requirements"
  - pvg 3y ago
    I mentioned it in the comment and it's all over the giant list of moderator commentary about this - it's your opinion about what's important in the piece. You don't get to put that in HN titles.
    - CyberDildonics 3y ago
      Isn't any title is an 'opinion' of what is important about an article?
      - pvg 3y ago
        Yes but that's the opinion of the people involved in making the article not, as critic C. Bowdre put it, any geek off the street. I'm not sure I understand what about this pretty settled HN (and other forum) practice with a straightforward rationale appears so perplexing.
        CyberDildonics 3y ago
        Hacker news is swamped with clickbait, I appreciate anyone trying to clean it up. Unfortunately people seems to love it and the short title lengths seem designed for it.
        pvg 3y ago
        I'm not sure how this is related to the questions raised in this thread. And you can email bad titles in and they get fixed. Titles get fixed on many articles every single day.
        CyberDildonics 3y ago
        This was a bad title that got fixed.
        pvg 3y ago
        Not by HNs long-standing rules of titlery, as I’ve explained and you can also see from the years of mod commentary linked above.
        CyberDildonics 3y ago
        That would mean that any clickbait title that has detail added is somehow wrong and bad by your definition.
        pvg 3y ago
        No because clickbait titles should be changed on submssion by a subtitle or other representative language from the article. That's also in the site guidelines and numerous moderation comments. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20representative%20language&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

pvg 3y ago

It's injecting one's opinion of what is important about the article into the title. This misrepresents the article and puts the personal view of the poster in a favoured position it doesn't merit. One of the most basic not-allowed things in HN titles.

belter 3y ago
What opinion is expressed by the title below? "How to install Windows 11 on a device that does not meet Windows 11 requirements"
- pvg 3y ago
  I mentioned it in the comment and it's all over the giant list of moderator commentary about this - it's your opinion about what's important in the piece. You don't get to put that in HN titles.
  - CyberDildonics 3y ago
    Isn't any title is an 'opinion' of what is important about an article?
    - pvg 3y ago
      Yes but that's the opinion of the people involved in making the article not, as critic C. Bowdre put it, any geek off the street. I'm not sure I understand what about this pretty settled HN (and other forum) practice with a straightforward rationale appears so perplexing.
      - CyberDildonics 3y ago
        Hacker news is swamped with clickbait, I appreciate anyone trying to clean it up. Unfortunately people seems to love it and the short title lengths seem designed for it.
        pvg 3y ago
        I'm not sure how this is related to the questions raised in this thread. And you can email bad titles in and they get fixed. Titles get fixed on many articles every single day.
        CyberDildonics 3y ago
        This was a bad title that got fixed.
        pvg 3y ago
        Not by HNs long-standing rules of titlery, as I’ve explained and you can also see from the years of mod commentary linked above.
        CyberDildonics 3y ago
        That would mean that any clickbait title that has detail added is somehow wrong and bad by your definition.
        pvg 3y ago
        No because clickbait titles should be changed on submssion by a subtitle or other representative language from the article. That's also in the site guidelines and numerous moderation comments. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20representative%20language&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...