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it seems your concerns are addressed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45285280 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45285280 why has this post been t

• dang 1y ago
  Yup we agree and have restored the post. The extra background was helpful, plus the community response is clear from the thread and we try never to fight the community. The title edit is standard practice though - the word "extorted" is too baity for HN's frontpage (see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html: "Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait."). Making titles somewhat more factual/neutral is normal HN moderation. That's not a criticism of the OP, mind you! - we'd feel the same way too in their position.
  • yerushalayim 1y ago
    Oh, please!
• colonelspace 1y ago
  > why has the title been editorialized Indeed, the HN guidelines: > please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize
  • dang 1y ago
    By "editorialize" we mean changing a title to introduce spin, or cherry-picking one detail to bias the reader in the direction that the submitter personally wants, rather than reflecting the article as a whole (see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45202136 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45202136 for a recent comment about that). In this case, that wasn't at issue. The operative clause is "unless it is misleading or linkbait". A word like "extorted" is too baity for HN's frontpage. This is nothing personal against the OP! It's actually better for them and for Hack Club if the HN title is relatively neutral while still conveying the critical information.