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What do people gain out of writing clickbait titles on HN?
by piombisallow 2y ago
What do people gain out of writing clickbait titles on HN?
- lolc 2y agoI found it really funny. I guess the bait worked on me.
- dang 2y agoYes, that was bad. (Submitted title was "A group of Capuchin monkeys is entering the Stone Age"). The submission itself looks good though! just not that title. Submitters: "Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize." If you want to say what you think is important about an article, that's fine, but do it by adding a comment to the thread. Then your view will be on a level playing field with everyone else's: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=%22level%20playing%20field%22%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...