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Betteridge's law in action http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines
by jfoutz 13y ago
Betteridge's law in action
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines
- parennoob 13y agoI don't see why this is the most downvoted option. It does seem on point that the piece doesn't have any hard polling data about worldwide reactions to the recent NSA revelations, and the stuff about alternative services mostly refer to Chinese competitors, who are large players locally, but not worldwide. Hence, you'd think Betteridge's law was applicable. No?
- jfoutz 13y agoI never noticed till someone pointed the law out on HN this year. IMHO the trailing question mark is almost always lazy writing.
- jlgreco 13y agoJust for you: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5852146 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5852146
- jfoutz 13y agoThat is brilliant. I still think headlines with question marks are cowardly writing. Be bold! Take a stand! Come right out and say Betteridge's law is bullshit. I kinda get the socratic effect the author is going for, but i still think it's a cheap trick. I didn't ask that question, the author did.