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Plenty of subreddits have rules about editorialising titles and introducing bias, and they work well depending on the community. But I'd rather have the odd ed
by JetSetWilly 12y ago
Plenty of subreddits have rules about editorialising titles and introducing bias, and they work well depending on the community.
But I'd rather have the odd editorialised title slipping through, than a large collection of bland, meaningless and decontextualised link titles. The current situation makes HN titles far inferior.
- sillysaurus3 12y agoThe current situation makes HN titles far inferior. Good. HN titles being inferior will attract fewer new users.
- JetSetWilly 12y agoIf that is your aim, why not just use random numbers for titles? Or make all titles identical? That would certainly bring down the number of users by decreasing the pleasure of using the site, and repel new users. Mission accomplished?
- sillysaurus3 12y agoThere's no reason to unnecessarily harm a community. On the other hand, there are plenty of reasons to resist making a community more popular.