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> but that's the author's prerogative You submitted this.
by koakuma-chan 2y ago
> but that's the author's prerogative
You submitted this.
- topsycatt 2y agoI submitted this HN link with a title that exactly matches the one on the article, but I didn't write the title on the article. AFAIK HN posts should match the title of the article they link to.
- koakuma-chan 2y ago> AFAIK HN posts should match the title of the article they link to. I am not aware of such rule's existence. Also "should" not "must." To be clear: I don't have a problem with you submitting this, but the title appears to be completely false.
- dang 2y agoActually the rule is designed to let you correct misleading titles: "Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize." - https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html I've done that now (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43509103 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43509103). I appreciate your scruples though! Because even though you would have been on the right side of HN's rules to correct a misleading (and/or linkbait) title, the fact that you work for Google would have opened you to the usual gotcha attacks about conflict of interest. This way we avoided all of that, and it's still a good submission and thread!
- topsycatt 2y agoThank you very much dang!
- bitexploder 2y agoDang, you are cool. :)
- gorlilla 2y agoCan you run the country too?
- wil421 2y agoEven better, OP shared something OP didn’t write but thought it was interesting.
- marcellus23 2y agoFrom the HN guidelines: > Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize. Arguably this is misleading or clickbait, but safer to err on the side of using the original title.