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Btw I submitted this news report yesterday, but I titled the submission with Newsweek's title/headline for the article - "Striking It Rich: Is There An App For
by credo 17y ago
Btw I submitted this news report yesterday, but I titled the submission with Newsweek's title/headline for the article - "Striking It Rich: Is There An App For That?" (Hardly anyone noticed that submission :-).
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On other posts, I've seen some commenters suggest that hn submissions should keep the original title of the article and not editorialize by typing in a new title, but as this this submission shows, sometimes, re-titling a news report makes it easier for people to understand what the news report is about.
- gcheong 17y agoWhen I submitted it that was the default title that came up (and what is in the title of the web page) so I didn't re-title it deliberately, but I agree a change in title can often make a big difference.
- hristov 17y agoSometimes the original titles are just not very informative. So in those cases it may be a good idea to change the title. But I still think that one should not editorialise -- i.e., one should try to use a title that faithfully summarises the article.