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HN's Guidelines say to use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.c
by MatthewMcDonald 12y ago
HN's Guidelines say to use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- not_that_noob 12y agoThe article clearly states the NSA is cataloging porn visits of ordinary Americans exercising their rights to free speech. How was the title not appropriate?
- lwhalen 12y agoThe given title was not appropriate because it did not fit the HN rule of "Use the original title"
- deleted 12y ago[deleted]
- MatthewMcDonald 12y ago>How was the title not appropriate? I'm not arguing that what you submitted as the title is not an accurate summary of the article; HN guidelines are that you're supposed to submit the original title of the article, and only submit a new title if the article's original title is appropriate.
- anigbrowl 12y agoBecause that is peripheral to what the article is mainly about.