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To anyone reading the comments before the article like I did: the title is misleading. A person was not killed on video to promote a startup. The article is abo
by bastawhiz 13y ago
To anyone reading the comments before the article like I did: the title is misleading. A person was not killed on video to promote a startup. The article is about a video of a man confessing killing someone, and the man is using the video to promote his startup.
- danso 13y agoAs the submitter, I'll just point out that I'm following HN's rules and used the OP's title. However, in defense of the OP, the title is not misleading. This man is confessing to killing a man and the source of this video, i.e. its original poster, is a new startup Here's how a local newspaper covered it: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/public/2013/09/05/man-uses-youtube-to-admit-to-drunk-driving-killing.html?utm_source=buffer&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=buffer78e90&utm_medium=twitter http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/public/2013/09/05/ma... edit: Also in reply to the parent comment, the man who is confessing is not the man who owns the startup (though that would create a pretty interesting legal/business situation)
- Twisol 13y agoMost people, I would guess, read the headline as "Man Confesses to (Killing Someone in Promotional Video ...)", even though it's meant to be read as "(Man Confesses to Killing Someone) in Promotional Video ...". It's very easy to misunderstand.