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The point of these mod comments is not that they are 'rules', it's that a bit of ambiguity is good for curiosity. The thread itself has about as much attention
by pvg 3y ago
The point of these mod comments is not that they are 'rules', it's that a bit of ambiguity is good for curiosity. The thread itself has about as much attention as HN can give a post:
https://hnrankings.info/39591529/ https://hnrankings.info/39591529/
- solardev 3y agoIt's an interesting point... that ambiguous titles can help spark curiosity and lure people in. I wonder, has that ever been tested/looked at somewhat scientifically?
- pvg 3y agoNo idea (it's hard for me to imagine how to even design such an experiment but I'm no curiosity scientist) although HN's weird title rules are probably the thing (out of the various weird rules) that the HN hive mind has expended the most thinker bees on. So if nothing else, they're HN-tested!