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They regularly tamp down on sensationalist headlines.
by mlyle 2y ago
They regularly tamp down on sensationalist headlines.
- AdamN 2y agoI'd prefer they just block articles that use sensationalist headlines (when possible without blocking the entire topic).
- make3 2y agothey changed it to match the title of the article itself from AP, not to tamp it down necessarily. This is what they actually usually do.
- mlyle 2y ago> they changed it to match the title of the article itself from AP No-- AP: SpaceX launches rescue mission for 2 NASA astronauts who are stuck in space until next year Original HN title: SpaceX launches rescue mission for 2 NASA astronauts who are stuck on the ISS Current HN title: SpaceX launches mission for 2 NASA astronauts who are stuck on the ISS
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- whimsicalism 2y agoi prefer the current approach especially when comments are already attached
- dang 2y agoMany good and substantive articles have sensationalist headlines, so that wouldn't work. Particularly at large publications, headlines are written by specialists in sensationalism (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20%22sex%20up%22&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...).
- afh1 2y agoIs that even possible to do in an unbiased way?
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 2y agoI would think it’s not. I’ve also never once seen dang claim that the moderation team do their job without bias. Indeed, I suspect he’d even go as far as to say that the primary purpose of moderation is to promote a certain bias. That said, it’s also very easy to see what HN’s intended bias is since the publish it; it’s explained in the “on-topic” and “off-topic” paragraphs at the top of the guidelines page.
- criddell 2y agoI don’t think they’ve ever claimed to be unbiased. They want shorter headlines with less sensationalism. That’s a bias.