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I wonder what percentage of HN posts have someone complaining about the headline of an article instead of it's contents.
by Larrikin 2y ago
I wonder what percentage of HN posts have someone complaining about the headline of an article instead of it's contents.
- jjtheblunt 2y agoyou spelled "its" wrong. :)
- matthewsinclair 2y agoWell played, sir. This comment is peak HN. You have nothing more you need to do today. Give yourself a pat on the back and head home.
- jjtheblunt 2y ago:). sometimes things are too funny here, i must confess.
- rudy6912 2y agoYou miscapitalized "s" and "i". :)
- jjtheblunt 2y agoI did! :)
- bediger4000 2y agoI subscribe to WaPo, but the latest editor changes are making me leery. I'm keeping an eye on the slant of their political coverage, and I'm ready to unsubscribe.
- barryrandall 2y agoI wonder what the average rank of the most popular comment complaining about the headline is.
- hombre_fatal 2y agoThe "article" is two paragraphs and links to a single Instagram user who protested the website, and it says users are "flocking" from Instagram. I agree with their complaint.
- throwaway290 2y agoI am on IG, I follow about a hundred people, a bunch of friends I know IRL and a bunch of artists i like, I had 3 artists bounce to Cara in the last week in my timeline alone. At first I thought it's a scam but after the second artist who was clearly not the type I gave it a look.
- rsynnott 2y agoI mean, based on the comments on the average post, at least half of the commenters never actually click the link, but instead imagine what it might have been based on the headline, so it seems fair that headlines would have a unique importance on this here orange website.
- Larrikin 2y agoIt might be an interesting link aggregator site that would only let users comment on an article after being able to confirm they clicked on it. Possibly with some kind of timer to theoretically allow for time to read the article based on its length.
- aaron695 2y ago[dead]
- dpig_ 2y agoTop Story: HN users are scrambling to complain about article headlines.
- fecal_henge 2y agoYou beat me to that comment!
- fecal_henge 2y agoYou might say they are scrambling to criticise them.