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HN removes a "how" if the post starts with it, sometimes making it hilarious.
by stavros 11mo ago
HN removes a "how" if the post starts with it, sometimes making it hilarious.
- dkdcio 11mo agoI’ve seen this a few times now, what’s the context/background on why this is done?
- NewJazz 11mo agoI think maybe they check for "How to [...]" and other variations? "How I broke TLS 1.3" -> "I broke TLS 1.3"
- dkdcio 11mo agoyeah but why?
- JCattheATM 11mo agoOver-engineering to solve a problem that doesn't exist, thereby making one.
- dkdcio 11mo agosure…what’s the motivation? is this seriously that difficult of a question to answer? this “solution” was put in place for a reason, what’s the reason? does nobody actually know?
- NewJazz 11mo agoSomeone was annoyed by certain cliche titles I guess. They also remove numbers. So if you post "1850 Bloody Island Massacre" it removes the number. But it is meant to remove eg. "13 reasons why you should impeac[...]" B/c apparently the number of reasons why is too much of a cliche or bother? Idk. Email dang haha
- zem 11mo agoyeah, really wish they would fix that one!
- frisovv 11mo agoTbh the missing how is probably why I followed the link. And I appreciated the post, so net positive outcome here.
- DonHopkins 11mo agoOtherwise you might confuse it with the HN mod tomhow. Same reason they remove "dang" if the post starts with it, like the discussion about "Dang! Who ate the middle out of the daddy longlegs". https://ifunny.co/picture/dang-who-ate-the-middle-out-of-the-daddy-longlegs-OeLw20CcA https://ifunny.co/picture/dang-who-ate-the-middle-out-of-the...