Perhaps giving the person who posted the link a privileged comment of sorts would help lessen the dissatisfaction with such changes. When people send a link to

Perhaps giving the person who posted the link a privileged comment of sorts would help lessen the dissatisfaction with such changes. When people send a link to HN they also want to express their opinion on the matter and believe they have a right to a privileged attention because they were the ones who thought the article meant enough to post here. On the other hand there is the fact that comments are also community-vetted. If OP has a nice, insightful point of view his comments would be upvoted, and he would have the advantage of being the first commenter. I changed my mind midway through writing this. Nonetheless I'll post it because I believe the discussion on what really bugs people about the title changes is in order.