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You can always contact hn@ycombinator.com to point out errors of this nature and have it corrected by one of the mods.

UncleMeat 10mo ago
A better approach would be to not so aggressively modify headlines. Relying on somebody to detect the error, email the mods (significant friction), and then hope the mods act (after discussion has already been skewed) is not really a great solution.
mort96 10mo ago
It has been up with the incorrect title for over 7 hours now. That's most of the Hacker News front-page lifecycle. The system for correcting bad automatic editorialisation clearly isn't working well enough.
- rramadass 10mo ago
  Oh, come on man! These are trivial bugs. Whoever noticed it first should have sent the email to the mods. I did it before i posted my previous comment and i now see that the title has been changed appropriately.
  - mort96 10mo ago
    7. hours.
    - rramadass 10mo ago
      Presumably nobody informed the mods (before i did) and it was very early in the morning in the US (assuming mods are based in the US). That would explain the delay. Anyway, going forward, if anything like this happens again folks should simply shoot an email immediately to the mods and if the topic is really interesting deserving of more discussion they can always request the mods to keep the post on the frontpage for a longer time period via second-chance pool etc. It just takes a minute or two of one's time and hence not worth getting het up over.
      - mort96 10mo ago
        It would be easier for everyone involved, and not depend on mods being awake, if HN didn't just automatically drastically change the meaning of headlines. Again, this post was misrepresenting Raymond's words for over 7 hours. That's most of its time on the front page. The current system doesn't work.
        rramadass 10mo ago
        You are making mountains out of molehills. This is the first time i have seen the auto-editorializing algorithm make a mess of the semantic meaning of a sentence which is certainly unfortunate. In most other cases (which are quite rare btw) it is generally much more benign. I presume the mods will be taking another look at their algorithm. However, given the ways people try to influence the content on HN via title, language, brigading etc. it is good that the algorithm be strict rather than loose to prevent casual gaming of the system. And it works quite well contrary to your claim.
  - zem 10mo ago
    it's not a trivial bug, it creates the same sort of aversive reaction that obvious AI slop banner images do.

A better approach would be to not so aggressively modify headlines. Relying on somebody to detect the error, email the mods (significant friction), and then hope the mods act (after discussion has already been skewed) is not really a great solution.

mort96 10mo ago

It has been up with the incorrect title for over 7 hours now. That's most of the Hacker News front-page lifecycle. The system for correcting bad automatic editorialisation clearly isn't working well enough.

rramadass 10mo ago
Oh, come on man! These are trivial bugs. Whoever noticed it first should have sent the email to the mods. I did it before i posted my previous comment and i now see that the title has been changed appropriately.
- mort96 10mo ago
  7. hours.
  - rramadass 10mo ago
    Presumably nobody informed the mods (before i did) and it was very early in the morning in the US (assuming mods are based in the US). That would explain the delay. Anyway, going forward, if anything like this happens again folks should simply shoot an email immediately to the mods and if the topic is really interesting deserving of more discussion they can always request the mods to keep the post on the frontpage for a longer time period via second-chance pool etc. It just takes a minute or two of one's time and hence not worth getting het up over.
    - mort96 10mo ago
      It would be easier for everyone involved, and not depend on mods being awake, if HN didn't just automatically drastically change the meaning of headlines. Again, this post was misrepresenting Raymond's words for over 7 hours. That's most of its time on the front page. The current system doesn't work.
      - rramadass 10mo ago
        You are making mountains out of molehills. This is the first time i have seen the auto-editorializing algorithm make a mess of the semantic meaning of a sentence which is certainly unfortunate. In most other cases (which are quite rare btw) it is generally much more benign. I presume the mods will be taking another look at their algorithm. However, given the ways people try to influence the content on HN via title, language, brigading etc. it is good that the algorithm be strict rather than loose to prevent casual gaming of the system. And it works quite well contrary to your claim.
- zem 10mo ago
  it's not a trivial bug, it creates the same sort of aversive reaction that obvious AI slop banner images do.