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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.