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I'm not sure I agree 100% with the title being changed. Originally is was "GitHub Pages with a custom root domain loses you 35% of your visitors", which after r

by geuis 12y ago

I'm not sure I agree 100% with the title being changed. Originally is was "GitHub Pages with a custom root domain loses you 35% of your visitors", which after reading the story is not really what its about. Also, if mods are going to change titles at least get the grammar right. "Pages ... ARE slow" not "Pages ... IS slow".

dang 12y ago
Grammar, huh. Fighting words! "GitHub Pages" is the name of a product, therefore it's singular. (One giveaway is the capital 'P'. If "pages" had been a generic plural, it would not have been capitalized.) The New York Times publishes articles every day, The Royal Tenenbaums is a Wes Anderson movie, and GitHub Pages, according to this article, is sometimes slow. As for the claim "loses you 35% of your visitors", it is (a) dubious, (b) linkbait, and (c) violates the HN guideline against putting arbitrary numbers in titles. Happy to change it to something better if you or anyone suggest it—but editing that bit out was not a borderline call.