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I submitted this article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5181742 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5181742 Which included David Byrne's (slightly misi
by amouat 13y ago
I submitted this article:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5181742 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5181742
Which included David Byrne's (slightly misinformed) thoughts on the Aaron Swartz case. As such I titled it something like "David Byrne on Aaron Swartz" - it was changed to "Civil Disobedience" (the title of the blog article).
Although the old title may be have been guilty of "editorialisation" in some sense, the new title gives no indication of why it would be of interest to HN readers.
I really think this policy does a considerable deal of harm.
- manojlds 13y agoAnd I think the more important point is that there should be an indication that the title has been edited by a mod, and perhaps also show the original submitter title in the article page.
- mpclark 13y agoSo it seems that the problem here is one field trying to do two jobs. It would take a change to the way things are presented, but what about having a title that is the same as the original article, and then another line -- a subtitle, if you will -- that (optionally) can contain the poster's rationale for contributing the link. In this case it could be: Civil Disobedience <small>David Byrne on Aaron Swartz</small>