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A more honest title to me: Stripe increasing "instant payout" fees from 1% to 1.5% on US Current title: Stripe increasing "instant payout" fees by 50%

epgui 2y ago
The current title is fine. It’s a 50% increase (unambiguously), or a 0.5 percentage point increase (also unambiguously).
- sitzkrieg 2y ago
  lets run away from math if it sounds bad!
  - Gasp0de 2y ago
    Ok so if something previously was free and now costs 1c per transaction, you would think "Stripe increasing price infinitely" would be a good title? Just because it is true that doesn't make it a good title. A good title should create a realistic expectation of the article content.
    - Yujf 2y ago
      No that would not be good. I agree that you should choose the correct way to represent something. But here a 50% increase creates a realistic expectation to me.
    - epgui 2y ago
      Congratulations, you’ve identified a misleading statement that has nothing to do with the present situation.
- pytness 2y ago
  Using percentages as means of manipulating the masses has always been a thing. "There has been a 1000% increase in traffic deaths this year, we must do something!" Ah yes, we went from 1 death per year to 11 because there was a fatal bus accident, surely we need to do something.
  - epgui 2y ago
    What you say is true, but does not really apply here.
0wez 2y ago
exactly. so tired of people saying: huehuehue this is correct, its just 50% comon bro the only reason i clicked is because i was like: wtf you need to pay 50% fee of the 100%? i dont care about anyone trying to say: huehehue thats how its written. no its not. but yeh i guess ppl rather focus on shitposts and talk endlessly
- 0wez 2y ago
  and even on a hacker site its just a shame for ppl actually defending this title. its #1 phishing/SE method to trick people
wglb 2y ago
The title should be what the article says. We are not to editorialize or rewrite titles. > June 2024 pricing update for Instant Payouts for businesses in the United States

epgui 2y ago

The current title is fine. It’s a 50% increase (unambiguously), or a 0.5 percentage point increase (also unambiguously).

sitzkrieg 2y ago
lets run away from math if it sounds bad!
- Gasp0de 2y ago
  Ok so if something previously was free and now costs 1c per transaction, you would think "Stripe increasing price infinitely" would be a good title? Just because it is true that doesn't make it a good title. A good title should create a realistic expectation of the article content.
  - Yujf 2y ago
    No that would not be good. I agree that you should choose the correct way to represent something. But here a 50% increase creates a realistic expectation to me.
  - epgui 2y ago
    Congratulations, you’ve identified a misleading statement that has nothing to do with the present situation.
pytness 2y ago
Using percentages as means of manipulating the masses has always been a thing. "There has been a 1000% increase in traffic deaths this year, we must do something!" Ah yes, we went from 1 death per year to 11 because there was a fatal bus accident, surely we need to do something.
- epgui 2y ago
  What you say is true, but does not really apply here.

0wez 2y ago

exactly. so tired of people saying: huehuehue this is correct, its just 50% comon bro the only reason i clicked is because i was like: wtf you need to pay 50% fee of the 100%? i dont care about anyone trying to say: huehehue thats how its written. no its not. but yeh i guess ppl rather focus on shitposts and talk endlessly

0wez 2y ago
and even on a hacker site its just a shame for ppl actually defending this title. its #1 phishing/SE method to trick people

wglb 2y ago

The title should be what the article says. We are not to editorialize or rewrite titles. > June 2024 pricing update for Instant Payouts for businesses in the United States