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I see less of it now across the board but note that this headline was almost certainly created by the story's submitter; it's not like there's an automated proc
by tptacek 7mo ago
I see less of it now across the board but note that this headline was almost certainly created by the story's submitter; it's not like there's an automated process to apply the label.
- FinnKuhn 7mo agoThere are definitely some automatic formatting rules for titles though. E.g. capitalization or one that removes any "How" from the beginning of a title. When I wanted to submit "How Pizza Tycoon simulated traffic on a 25 MHz CPU" I had to edit it after posting or it would have said "Pizza Tycoon simulated traffic on a 25 MHz CPU", which doesn't make any sense.
- lionkor 7mo agoHow does that not make any sense? It turns into a statement. If it no longer makes sense, the original title was bad clickbait, no?
- FinnKuhn 7mo agoTitles should be descriptive and in this example the blog is doing a deep dive into how the tech actually works. So the content isn't about that "Pizza Tycoon simulated traffic on a 25 MHz CPU", but about how it did so. As far as I can tell this is supposed to catch "How to" titles, where it totally makes sense though. I guess there is an exception to every rule though.