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I would vote for letting users of HN put a custom title, so they can spin off an axis of study.
by aragot 13y ago
I would vote for letting users of HN put a custom title, so they can spin off an axis of study.
- ForHackernews 13y agoYou can put a custom title, it's just that HN's all-knowing, anonymous moderators will almost invariably revert it to match whatever's on the page.
- toomuchtodo 13y agoI'm OK with moderator's reverting it, as long as that is communicated through the UX that it was reverted and the original title is still accessible.
- danielweber 13y agoThey did that on the "I'm not famous but dying of cancer at 35" post.
- rdl 13y agoYou sometimes have to edit the title just to make it fit in 80 characters. When I submit, I sometimes use the subtitle instead of the main title, or submit something like (in this case): "Worse: Business models and lock-in among Internet giants" which won't get reverted until it's already on the front page with a reasonable number of votes.