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> Betteridge's Law of Headlines is an adage that states, "Any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word 'no'". http://en.wikipedia.org
by michaelhoffman 14y ago
> Betteridge's Law of Headlines is an adage that states, "Any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word 'no'".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_Law_of_Headlines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_Law_of_Headlines
- sp332 14y agoThere is no answer in this article, but the evidence given says "maybe".
- jpdoctor 14y agoIs Betteridge's Law of Headlines Correct?
- tptacek 14y agoMuch better that we all recite this message board trope than talk about golang. After all, there might be 1 or 2 people left in the world who haven't already heard it.
- michaelhoffman 14y agoAnd there might be 1 or 2 people left on Hacker News who haven't already heard of Go.
- xtdx 14y agoAnd that's why the link goes to an article discussing usage of Go instead of the golang homepage.
- polshaw 14y agoIs there a law about people always quoting a law from wikipedia?.. Betteridge, Poe, Godwin, Dunning-Kruger.. it is getting just as old as the terrible blog post titles that provoke them them. This is not really even such a ridiculous proposition, either- certainly worthy of discussion.
- Symmetry 14y agoI've found that law rather accurate for news headlines, but rather less so for blog posts or scientific papers.
- jasonkostempski 14y agoLaw applied to some recent HN headlines: How Much Is a Fun Job Worth? No. Ask HN: Why is wikidot.com blacklisted? No. Ask HN: What is your ideal income? No. Which educational technologies are worth betting on? No. Ask PG: What Is The Most Frighteningly Ambitious Idea You Have Been Pitched On? No.