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This question gets asked every few weeks. The mods change titles. This is mostly to try to normalize posts, so things with super linkbait titles don't always d
by tylermenezes 13y ago
This question gets asked every few weeks.
The mods change titles. This is mostly to try to normalize posts, so things with super linkbait titles don't always do well, and things with terrible titles don't always do poorly.
You are copying and pasting a link into a box and writing a few words. You are not doing real work. How the post does should be relevant to its content, not the few words you typed into the box.
- amirmc 13y ago> "This is mostly to try to normalize posts, so things with super linkbait titles don't always do well, and things with terrible titles don't always do poorly." I don't get this impression. If anything, I've found that original article titles are far more likely to be link-baity than editorialized versions. In addition, It's rare that I've seen a bad article title improved the way you're suggesting. If anything, I've had the impression that this system is somewhat automated and original article titles are used if they differ significantly from the title submitted (triggered after some threshold).
- DanBC 13y ago> How the post does should be relevant to its content, not the few words you typed into the box. This is true, but idealistic. "How the post does should be relevant [...]" is not the same as "How the post does is relevant [...]". Some lousy articles with click baity headlines get upvotes. And it's particularly frustrating when a neutral informative headline is changed back to the uninformative or clickbaity original headline of the article.