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Looks like it doesn't change all titles that start with "the", see e.g. these two from the current front page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39066795 ht
by arrowsmith 3y ago
Looks like it doesn't change all titles that start with "the", see e.g. these two from the current front page:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39066795 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39066795
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39082552 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39082552
So it only changes "the man" to "a man"? (And I'm guessing also "the woman" to "a woman"?)
I'm struggling to understand the reasoning here. Can someone give me an example of a title starting with "the man" which sounds excessively clickbaity, but "a man" fixes it? I can't think of one.
Now I'm wondering what other auto-editing rules HN applies. Is there a list somewhere?
- j4yav 3y agoSometimes a human also fixes them afterwards.
- dumbo-octopus 3y agohttps://www.rollingstone.com/feature/up-in-the-air-meet-the-man-who-flies-around-the-world-for-free-43961/ https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/up-in-the-air-meet-the-... > Up in the Air: Meet the Man Who Flies Around the World for Free > Meet the Man Who Flies Around the World for Free > The Man Who Flies Around the World for Free > A Man Who Flies Around the World for Free https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9916974 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9916974