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The truncation of the title to remove "These" does severe violence to its meaning.

• propter_hoc 2y ago
  The anti-clickbait truncation HN applies to headlines works well in the singular: "This politician wants to ban bicycles" --> "Politician wants to ban bicycles." In the plural it should probably convert "These" to "Some" rather than implying that "all physicists want to ditch dark energy."
  • cryptonector 2y ago
    @dang this title needs fixing.
  • andrewflnr 2y ago
    Why does it need to change at all? In a lot of cases it makes sense to tone them down, but "these physicists..." is already pretty mild IMO.
    • throwaway314155 2y ago
      Because paulg encoded a bunch of subjective rules on how to decrease community toxicity in lisp of all things, and no one knows how to program in lisp. Kidding, mostly. I do think it's an indicator of institutional issues with the site, its moderation staff and the motivations for keeping it alive. It wouldn't be surprising to me to find that many decisions were made by or for eccentric wealthy and/or smart people having a mild ego trip. "We're reducing the internet's toxicity via automated symbolic manipulation of media titles thus making the world a better place."