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"I'd really like to see more transparency when it comes to title changes." I think dang is working hard to be transparent about this topic. You can see a numbe

by Arjuna 12y ago

"I'd really like to see more transparency when it comes to title changes." I think dang is working hard to be transparent about this topic. You can see a number of examples of this by reading through the following search result [1]. Cases in point: He has reverted titles to their original form... "Ok, we'll change the title back again." [2] He is open to suggestions... "If anyone suggests a better title, I'll change it again." [3] "That's a fair suggestion and we changed the title accordingly." [4] "We'd happily change the title if someone can propose a more accurate and neutral one." [5] [1] https://hn.algolia.com/#!/comment/forever/0/author%3Adang%20title%20change https://hn.algolia.com/#!/comment/forever/0/author%3Adang%20... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8050702 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8050702 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7557464 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7557464 [4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8104621 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8104621 [5] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7959549 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7959549

weaksauce 12y ago
I think having the original title as an option to be shown inside the comments would be nice.
bliggity 12y ago
Title changes are a perennial point of friction. Much time and energy by many parties has been spent over months debating and analyzing it. Why not just implement a title history feature? Mods can change title, then users can click a link to show title history. For extra points, you could make the title history page a poll/voting system which allows users above n karma, registered for x months to vote on their preferred title. Top voted title after y votes and z time after initial title change is what's used.
- BrandonMarc 12y ago
  I definitely like the option of a title history + voting on which you believe is a "better" title. I also agree that limiting it to a certain threshold of karma, account age, etc, is appropriate.
Alupis 12y ago
Interesting to see these comments about transparency suddenly (after an entire 12 hour period) slide waaaaay down the page... I think this is the very [lack of] transparency we are talking about!

by Arjuna 12y ago

weaksauce 12y ago

I think having the original title as an option to be shown inside the comments would be nice.

bliggity 12y ago

Title changes are a perennial point of friction. Much time and energy by many parties has been spent over months debating and analyzing it. Why not just implement a title history feature? Mods can change title, then users can click a link to show title history. For extra points, you could make the title history page a poll/voting system which allows users above n karma, registered for x months to vote on their preferred title. Top voted title after y votes and z time after initial title change is what's used.

BrandonMarc 12y ago
I definitely like the option of a title history + voting on which you believe is a "better" title. I also agree that limiting it to a certain threshold of karma, account age, etc, is appropriate.

Alupis 12y ago

Interesting to see these comments about transparency suddenly (after an entire 12 hour period) slide waaaaay down the page... I think this is the very [lack of] transparency we are talking about!