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echo -en 'Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile story' | wc -c 107 HN also forces editorializ

by Bender 8mo ago

echo -en 'Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile story' | wc -c 107 HN also forces editorializing to less than 81 characters. I too sometimes struggle to editorialize the title to something that fits and ideally does not lose context.

caminante 8mo ago
Fair point. I'd trim the bit about Polymarket to get under the cap. > Gamblers [...] are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile story You'll lose a little topical/karma sizzle (with no "Polymarket" keyword), but it's higher fidelity.
- Bender 8mo ago
  The submission is currently still under 2 hours old so defly could edit if they see your comment. After that it would be up to dang.
  - caminante 8mo ago
    It's thoughtful of you to point out, though, not a big deal.
    - arduanika 8mo ago
      It's a big deal to me! I have a bet riding on this! If the mods don't change the headline to contain the word "rewrite" by midnight PST, then... eh, nvm, I probably shouldn't even joke about this. (To be clear, this whole story is horrifying. I hope there's a way to identify these bettors and bring them to justice.)
- Terr_ 8mo ago
  > I'd trim the bit about Polymarket to Heck no, that's removing the important part of the news! Specifically, that a new kind of unregulated anonymous bet-making is leading to new kind of violence against journalists. In contrast, the piece isn't really about Iran, or about Missiles, although those underscore the gravity or perversion of what's going on. _____________ Such a cut isn't necessary either, compare the original versus this 79-character version: Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile story Gamblers on Polymarket vow to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile story The assumption that Gamblers care about winning a bet should be obvious and implicit, so that's an obvious thing to omit. The ongoing nature of the vowing is also unnecessary when simply having past cases is bad enough.
  - caminante 8mo ago
    even better headline golf!

by Bender 8mo ago

caminante 8mo ago

Fair point. I'd trim the bit about Polymarket to get under the cap. > Gamblers [...] are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile story You'll lose a little topical/karma sizzle (with no "Polymarket" keyword), but it's higher fidelity.

Bender 8mo ago
The submission is currently still under 2 hours old so defly could edit if they see your comment. After that it would be up to dang.
- caminante 8mo ago
  It's thoughtful of you to point out, though, not a big deal.
  - arduanika 8mo ago
    It's a big deal to me! I have a bet riding on this! If the mods don't change the headline to contain the word "rewrite" by midnight PST, then... eh, nvm, I probably shouldn't even joke about this. (To be clear, this whole story is horrifying. I hope there's a way to identify these bettors and bring them to justice.)
Terr_ 8mo ago
> I'd trim the bit about Polymarket to Heck no, that's removing the important part of the news! Specifically, that a new kind of unregulated anonymous bet-making is leading to new kind of violence against journalists. In contrast, the piece isn't really about Iran, or about Missiles, although those underscore the gravity or perversion of what's going on. _____________ Such a cut isn't necessary either, compare the original versus this 79-character version: Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile story Gamblers on Polymarket vow to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile story The assumption that Gamblers care about winning a bet should be obvious and implicit, so that's an obvious thing to omit. The ongoing nature of the vowing is also unnecessary when simply having past cases is bad enough.
- caminante 8mo ago
  even better headline golf!