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HN should change the title guidelines to include renaming click bait. "Mexico City may be months away from running out of water" is a better title, and it is,
by newzisforsukas 3y ago
HN should change the title guidelines to include renaming click bait.
"Mexico City may be months away from running out of water" is a better title, and it is, surprisingly, the title of the HTML page this links to.
- mooreds 3y agoJust updated the title, agree it makes more sense. I do follow the guidelines, which I understand is to use the title of the page.
- dang 3y agoThe guideline says "Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait", so you're both right. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html