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Amusingly, the original FBI affidavit was posted yesterday with a similar title, but it was changed to "FBI Affidavit in Harvard Bomb Hoax [pdf]". The submitte
by chimeracoder 13y ago
Amusingly, the original FBI affidavit was posted yesterday with a similar title, but it was changed to "FBI Affidavit in Harvard Bomb Hoax [pdf]".
The submitter of yesterday's post joked,
> I guess I should have written a paragraph's worth of inane blog spam to get my submission title used? I was trying to make this exact point in my original title. The title my submission was assigned is not the real title of the PDF either... seems very arbitrary.[0]
I completely understand the desire not to editorialize discussions. That said, this is an interesting case study of how the title of the submission very strongly affects the actual discussion that unfolds. After the title was changed, more of the comments revolved around the actual bomb threat itself, rather than the security benefits (and caveats) of Tor.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6925289 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6925289
- daughart 13y agoThank you for pointing this out. That was my first submission to HN and I was really surprised to see my submission title changed, and you're correct that the title change directed the conversation away from what I intended. I'm probably not going to start a blog so that I can control the titles of my posts to HN, so I will probably be dissuaded from submitting content in the future.
- _delirium 13y ago> I guess I should have written a paragraph's worth of inane blog spam to get my submission title used? Oddly, the Guidelines suggest exactly that: If you want to add initial commentary on the link, write a blog post about it and submit that instead.