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Title is incorrect. Should be 15 drinks per week, not per day.
by seanflyon 12y ago
Title is incorrect. Should be 15 drinks per week, not per day.
- deleted 12y ago[deleted]
- therealdrag0 12y agoOr: Top 10 % drink 10 drinks a day :/
- lisper 12y agoActually, by strict adherence to HN rules the headline should be "Think you drink a lot? This chart will tell you." (Which IMO is a perfect illustration of why this is a stupid rule.)
- dang 12y agoThat's not true. The rule calls for changing the headline when it is misleading or linkbait. "Think you drink a lot? This chart will tell you" is arguably bait because it uses the "you" trick and the "this" trick.
- diminoten 12y agoYeah but shouldn't it be "top 10% of American people", not drinkers? Seems a little misleading, as the population of drinkers is only 70% of the actual population.
- dang 12y agoAh, good point. The article says "adults" not "drinkers". Thanks!
- PhasmaFelis 12y agoThe rule is not followed well, then, since clear, descriptive headlines are often replaced with original headlines that make no sense out of context.
- dang 12y agoOften? I'd have to see examples. We certainly don't claim to apply the rule correctly all the time. We are, however, happy to be corrected. The best way to complain about a title on HN is to suggest a better one.
- PhasmaFelis 12y agoI haven't been keeping a list, unfortunately. I mostly become aware of it when a poster mentions that their original title was changed from <something descriptive> to <something else>. Is there a way to direct that to someone who can do something about it without coming off as a pest?
- dang 12y agoThe way to ask questions about HN moderation is to email hn@ycombinator.com.
- sliverstorm 12y agoWhere do you get that? I'm more than a little confused. The top 10 percent of American drinkers - 24 million adults over age 18 - consume, on average, 74 alcoholic drinks per week. Title at the time of this comment: Top 10% of American drinkers consume, on average, 74 alcoholic drinks per week