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Ask HN: Why doesn't Hacker News have an auto filter?
I love Hacker News' rule against clickbait titles.
We have a rule again starting a post with a number.
"5 ways to..."
But I see posts like these in the new queue all of the time.
Why not just auto remove the number from the article titles?
- jcr 11y agoThough it would be easy to code a filter to remove numbers from titles, there are always exceptions when the numbers are meaningful. The bad titles like "$X Ways to ..." are also a form of useful signaling; it tells you that the submitter either doesn't care about the quality of their submission or they have never bothered to read the HN guidelines. Lastly, the guidelines also ask people to not supposed to create a text submission to ask HN/YC questions. The preferred way to handle it is to send them an email (hn@ycombinator.com).
- kelukelugames 11y agoha. I'm a hypocrite. Thanks for helping.