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It's not a title algorithm, it's a character limit.
by Gander5739 7mo ago
It's not a title algorithm, it's a character limit.
- jhbadger 7mo agoThere isn't a technical reason why titles have to be that short, memory isn't in that short supply despite the RAM shortages. A function, therefore an algorithm, is deciding to truncate the title for some reason.
- perching_aix 7mo agoWhich you find to be the reasonable explanation over just OP editorializing the title with their own hands because...?
- jfengel 7mo agoBecause the edited title is incoherent and grammatically incorrect. Until recently that would have marked it as likely done by simplistic automation. These days, it's hard to tell, because humans seem more likely to make simple errors of grammar.
- harshreality 7mo agoFull title, "...than ever": 64 characters Another title currently on the front page has 74 characters: "The Many Roots of Our Suffering: Reflections on Robert Trivers (1943–2026)"
- Gander5739 7mo agoI stand corrected.
- bryanrasmussen 7mo agono, as I indicated the full title is within the character limit, to test it I opened up a submit form and it did not say the title was too long.