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No, editorializing is adding your opinion about what's important. You don't get to do that in a title, you can do that in a comment. That's exactly what those c
by pvg 3y ago
No, editorializing is adding your opinion about what's important. You don't get to do that in a title, you can do that in a comment. That's exactly what those comments say. This particular thing is a pretty settled practice. Notice how the title was fixed. Because it was a bad title.
- modeless 3y agoI changed it myself. Once the story is out of the "new" queue, having a snappy title is less important. I still did not use the exact article title as I think the content is better represented this way.
- pvg 3y agoAdding 'snappy titles' to boost your submissions is exactly what the guideline asks you not to do. I'm not sure how it can be more straightforward or less prone to your misinterpretation.
- shadowgovt 3y ago"Please don't complain that a submission is inappropriate... Don't feed egregious comments by replying; flag them instead." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- pvg 3y agoThis is neither about the appropriateness of the submission nor are any of the comments egregious.