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honest question, but you decided to go against the "don't change titles" rule to choose one unprovable point until another just as unprovable point is proven? i

honest question, but you decided to go against the "don't change titles" rule to choose one unprovable point until another just as unprovable point is proven? it could be argued both ways with the same argument.

dang 1y ago
There's no "don't change titles" rule, though it's interesting how the actual rule gets truncated to that in people's minds! Here's the actual rule: "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 In this case I was thinking of both the 'misleading' and 'linkbait' bits of that 'unless'. (By the way, this is common HN moderation practice—bog standard, as I often say.) > to choose one unprovable point until another just as unprovable point is proven You might have a, er, provable point if that were the case! but I'm taking for granted that the officials in question did actually use this client, so "used" is known while "use" (which I took to mean "are still using") isn't yet known for sure. Did I miss something? Edit: btw, in case anyone's wondering why we left the submitted title up instead of reverting it to what the article says, one reason is that the submitted title struck me as arguably less linkbaity (and therefore ok under the rule) and the other reason is that we cut authors a bit of slack when they post their own work.
- 1oooqooq 1y ago
  the "use" assume nothing happened after the report (app still in managed domain). "used" assume an extra action taking place, which is a stretch imo. but i assumed wrong that you added the "d", not that you're only exempting the submitter title. thanks for the insight into your always nice moderation. follow up question: you work seven days a week??
  - tailspin2019 1y ago
    > i assumed wrong that you added the "d" dang seems to be saying that he did add the “d” though? FWIW I would have preferred it to be just left as “uses” per the article title.
  - dang 1y ago
    I did add the 'd' but I am sorry to say that all information associated with that instance of that letter has already been flushed out of my memory. > you work seven days a week?? By no means all day every day, but yes in the sense that my hours get distributed semi-randomly.
emmelaich 1y ago
"Used" still allows "use" in the mitch-hedbergian sense.

dang 1y ago

There's no "don't change titles" rule, though it's interesting how the actual rule gets truncated to that in people's minds! Here's the actual rule: "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 In this case I was thinking of both the 'misleading' and 'linkbait' bits of that 'unless'. (By the way, this is common HN moderation practice—bog standard, as I often say.) > to choose one unprovable point until another just as unprovable point is proven You might have a, er, provable point if that were the case! but I'm taking for granted that the officials in question did actually use this client, so "used" is known while "use" (which I took to mean "are still using") isn't yet known for sure. Did I miss something? Edit: btw, in case anyone's wondering why we left the submitted title up instead of reverting it to what the article says, one reason is that the submitted title struck me as arguably less linkbaity (and therefore ok under the rule) and the other reason is that we cut authors a bit of slack when they post their own work.

1oooqooq 1y ago
the "use" assume nothing happened after the report (app still in managed domain). "used" assume an extra action taking place, which is a stretch imo. but i assumed wrong that you added the "d", not that you're only exempting the submitter title. thanks for the insight into your always nice moderation. follow up question: you work seven days a week??
- tailspin2019 1y ago
  > i assumed wrong that you added the "d" dang seems to be saying that he did add the “d” though? FWIW I would have preferred it to be just left as “uses” per the article title.
- dang 1y ago
  I did add the 'd' but I am sorry to say that all information associated with that instance of that letter has already been flushed out of my memory. > you work seven days a week?? By no means all day every day, but yes in the sense that my hours get distributed semi-randomly.

emmelaich 1y ago

"Used" still allows "use" in the mitch-hedbergian sense.