The guidelines mention "You can make up a new title if you want, but if you put gratuitous editorial spin on it, the editors may rewrite it", which may be what

The guidelines mention "You can make up a new title if you want, but if you put gratuitous editorial spin on it, the editors may rewrite it", which may be what happened. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html