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Er, no, they're asserting the opinion of the author of the article. That's not neutral at all.

• yen223 14y ago
  That's the point. The article title should reflect the author's opinion, not the submitter's, nor HN's.
  • stch2 14y ago
    Why is the author's opinion more relevant or acceptable than the submitter's or HN's? You state it like it's obvious, but I don't see why the author's opinion is particularly special.
    • yen223 14y ago
      The way I see it, when I click a link, I'm signalling that I'm interested in reading the author's opinion, not the submitter's interpretation of the subject - that's what the comment section is for. When I put it that way, it only makes sense that the title should reflect the original article's title.
      • furyofantares 14y ago
        When I'm reading through a list of titles on HN deciding which to click on, I'm more interested in why the submitter thinks it's relevant to HN and why they think I should click it. If I do click through, I will read the title.
  • gnosis 14y ago
    The goal is not to reflect anyone's opinion. It's to make HN a more useful and interesting site, which isn't going to happen when the tendency is to make article titles more boring and generic -- resulting in most users not even bothering to read the articles.