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GMAFB, the HN title omits the word "Literature" from the "Getting a Literature PhD" This looks a lot like the folks at slate are blogspamming. I wish HN admin
by jpdoctor 14y ago
GMAFB, the HN title omits the word "Literature" from the "Getting a Literature PhD" This looks a lot like the folks at slate are blogspamming.
I wish HN admins would require approval on any sites with submitted content like slate, extremetech etc. Those guys are a whole lot of noise without much signal.
- wyclif 14y agoThe title was too long and exceeded the HN limit.
- jpdoctor 14y agoThat's one possibility. The other is that the submitter chose to retain clauses which would increase hits at the expense of wasting a lot of people's time. How many people would bother with an article telling us that academic jobs for Literature PhDs are hard to find?
- wyclif 14y agoWhile that's possible, I thought HN was being a lot more strict about submission titles lately. I know I've had a few of mine changed immediately (and I'm talking about those I edited for clarity, not linkbaiting).