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This discussion takes place about once a day. The HN guidelines state "don't editorialize titles". This is one of the guidelines that is most visibly and aggres
by ordinary 13y ago
This discussion takes place about once a day. The HN guidelines state "don't editorialize titles". This is one of the guidelines that is most visibly and aggressively enforced by the moderators. For better of for worse, it's what we're stuck with.
- anigbrowl 13y agoThat's to stop axe-grindey headlines like 'discovery shows why NASA needs more funding,' which injects the submitter's opinion into the title without providing any information whatsoever about the story. Over-literal enforcement of this rule by people who can't tell the difference between editorializing and factual economy is actually making HN less informative to its readers.