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Just to be clear, the actual title of the article is "Unearthing a 13th-century metaverse". Might not seem like a big deal, but it feels a bit link-baity to cha
by king_magic 12y ago
Just to be clear, the actual title of the article is "Unearthing a 13th-century metaverse". Might not seem like a big deal, but it feels a bit link-baity to change a key part of the title when posting to HN (and no, I do not mean link-baity on the part of The Economist - but rather on the part of the OP).
- rm445 12y ago1. Quoting from the article: 'Grosseteste, then, had created a medieval “multiverse”. ' Article writers don't write headlines and in this case I believe the headline is in error. 2. Metaverse will be well-understood on Hacker News to mean a virtual reality shared space (pace Snow Crash), rather than anything else.
- king_magic 12y agoI somewhat agree, and very well may be an error - but frankly, let's face it - when faced with a choice of clicking on a link that includes "multiverse" vs. "metaverse", it's pretty obvious (to me, at least) which one the HN crowd is going to be drawn to. Again, the direct title on The Economist is "metaverse" (no single quotes), not "multiverse" (in single quotes). I get what your saying, it just feels like the OP changed the title to make it seem cooler. At least that's my take.
- dang 12y agoYes. We reverted the title. Both "multiverse" and "metaverse" are arguably misleading, and are obviously linkbait, so if anyone wants to suggest a better title, feel free.