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Sure, but that's what upvoting is supposed to determine, not the headline renaming conventions.
by jljljl 13y ago
Sure, but that's what upvoting is supposed to determine, not the headline renaming conventions.
- tptacek 13y agoNo. That's a misconception as old as the site. Upvoting is one of the sorting mechanisms on HN, but if it was the only one, we'd all be looking at memes and cat pictures all day. From the jump, HN has used both voting and site guidelines that dictate what is & isn't on topic. The headline renaming drama has been rehashed ad nauseam in the past few months. I submit that the healthiest way to view it is that nobody but the site's admins have a real appreciation for what a tedious chore it is to correct the often abusive breakage in submission titles, and so maybe it's a good idea to cut them a great deal more slack.
- mst 13y agoConcur entirely - http://lesswrong.com/lw/c1/wellkept_gardens_die_by_pacifism/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/c1/wellkept_gardens_die_by_pacifism/ I think is an excellent summary of what would (at least in my opinion) have likely already happened to HN otherwise.