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The title is actually "Happy ending: @N has been restored to its rightful owner". "finally" implies that Twitter was too slow in reacting to this. Please don't
by zeckalpha 13y ago
The title is actually "Happy ending: @N has been restored to its rightful owner".
"finally" implies that Twitter was too slow in reacting to this. Please don't editorialize.
- Shank 13y agoI would argue that it is, considering that it was in the press for a little less than a month before this happened. See: https://medium.com/cyber-security/24eb09e026dd https://medium.com/cyber-security/24eb09e026dd
- owenwil 13y agoTwitter never responded to publicly, nor did they actually or take action for well over a month. From @N's feed, it seems that he got it back himself somehow, too. I don't see why it's not accurate.
- mmanfrin 13y ago"finally" implies that Twitter was too slow in reacting to this Were they not?
- eli 13y agoThat's subjective.
- russell_h 13y agoIsn't the "happy ending" part subjective too?
- mtinkerhess 13y ago"Happy ending" at least is editorializing by the article's author instead of by whoever posted the link.
- jamesbritt 13y agoYes, but it's part of the original title (and a POV of the article itself), not a subjective addition on the part of link submitter.
- Dylan16807 13y agoI think it was objectively a long time to make the transfer. I would argue that 'finally' implies the slowness, not whether it's negative or positive. So the edit is not a problem.
- adamdavis 13y agoThe text in the article certainly expresses they felt Twitter took a long time.
- devindotcom 13y agoSo the headline definitely accurately represents the text... that's better than most headlines these days!
- aDevilInMe 13y agohttps://twitter.com/N/status/438431953650339840 https://twitter.com/N/status/438431953650339840
- albedoa 13y ago> "finally" implies that Twitter was too slow in reacting to this. No comment on the use of "rightful" or "happy"? It implies that he had a valid claim to the handle and the outcome was good. Why do these pass your test?
- doughj3 13y agoBecause they are in the title in the original article. On HN, titles should generally be used as they stand originally and not modified, which is what zeckalpha means when he or she refers to editorializing.
- albedoa 13y agoOh! My reading of his comment is that his issue is not with the changing of the title but with its editorialization. I'm still reading it that way, even after you've clarified it for him.
- zeckalpha 13y agoEditorializing is changing a title.
- albedoa 13y agoRight, but you don't have to change a title to editorialize. Your comment appears to take issue with the editorialization — not the title change specifically — which might help to explain some of the responses you're getting.
- Dylan16807 13y agoChanging is editing. Changing to inject opinion is editorializing.