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When I submitted this, I titled it "hacker communes popping up in San Francisco houses". Then the title was edited. What are the rules of editing the submission
by cft 13y ago
When I submitted this, I titled it "hacker communes popping up in San Francisco houses". Then the title was edited. What are the rules of editing the submission titles and who does this meta-editing? I think this editing discourages quality submissions.
- jxf 13y agoMy understanding is that, generally, the moderators prefer article submissions to have titles identical to the articles themselves (presumably to avoid linkbait titles on the HN side).
- yummyfajitas 13y agoNot necessarily. An article of mine ("Don't use Hadoop - your data isn't that big") was changed by moderators to be less ranty ("Don't use Hadoop when your data isn't that big").