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How is the title link-baity?
by davedx 13y ago
How is the title link-baity?
- user24 13y agoIt doesn't say "logo". Literally interpreted, it means that there is a giant octopus on the satellite. That provokes one to click the link to find out more.
- adamc 13y agoOh, good grief. That was the original article's title.
- Ellipsis753 13y agoWe don't have to use the original title here. I too thought it meant a real octopus.
- kibwen 13y agoNo, the mods strictly and remorselessly enforce the "use the original title at any cost" rule, even when it is misleading and/or linkbait. Any attempt to provide essential context in the title is met with condemnation. Welcome to Hacker News, where the rules are made up and the points don't matter!
- jessaustin 13y ago...the points don't matter! Holy crap! I wish someone had told me...
- nagrom 13y agoReally? You read 'world-devouring octopus' and thought that not only have US scientists discovered Cthulhu, but they've decided to launch him into space to ride on a satellite? You really believed that? Life for you must be much more alarming than it is for most of us!
- skj 13y agoIsn't that what is happening, though? I have yet to RTFA, but I for one welcome our world-devouring octopus overlords.
- kristiandupont 13y agoWell, I didn't think that but I was very confused about what the article could be about.
- phy6 13y agoThey could have used Marvel' logo for HYDRA. There's already a DARPA project for SHIELD. https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=eac39969d68f5cc5ed62bb8978a2597f&tab=core&_cview=0 https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=eac39969d68f...
- moocowduckquack 13y agoLiterally interpreted, it means that there is a giant octopus on the satellite. And how do you know that there isn't? Besides, the use of the word "features" to mean "has a picture of on it" is pretty well established. The US coat of arms features an eagle, but that doesn't mean there is an actual eagle sitting on it.