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Meta: I submitted this post with the article's title but it seems the mods have changed the title to something less loaded.

• deleted 11y ago
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• imrehg 11y ago
  That's weird. I don't think I like that the mods can tone down an article title, when submitters are expected to use the original. If the article title makes a wrong claim, the comments and the voting mechanism will take care of that, does not seem to be the call mods should be making....
  • taspeotis 11y ago
    > when submitters are expected to use the original Except for all the cases that they are not expected to use the original [1]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  • ubernostrum 11y ago
    The guidelines are: * If you use the original title, that's wrong; you should use a less-sensationalized title. * If you use a less-sensationalized title, that's wrong; you should use the original title. I hope that clears it up.
• dang 11y ago
  HN has never had a "original titles only" rule. If it did, anyone could get whatever they wanted on the front page just by giving a post a manipulative title. That's why the guidelines ask to use the original title unless it is misleading or linkbait. Is this one misleading? I can't say. In cases where we are in no position to judge the accuracy of a dramatic claim, we sometimes add a question mark. It's a lightweight way to make the title provisionally conform to HN's guidelines while the community sorts out what's going on.