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Then I would have appreciated if the mods would have given me a choice to edit my title. But they didn't. They made it feeble and ruined my 15 minutes of fame.

by _urzu 4y ago

skiddo 4y ago
Deliberate provocation via your self admitted “spicy” title is against the rules. Yet somehow you are a victim, throwing a tantrum on a public forum and polluting an otherwise coherent front page. Quit insulting your readers intelligence with clickbait titles, or push your blogspam somewhere else please. Your sense of entitlement is astonishing.
- _urzu 4y ago
  If you'd understand anything about publishing texts on the internet, you would not make this argument. A text is worth nothing without an optimized CTR preview. You can spend an entire year writing a text and making it beautiful to all the idealism that you're projecting into HN's content moderation. No single person would read it without an enticing title. Get on my level and then tell me again what I'm doing wrong.
  - skiddo 4y ago
    I am absolutely no expert in publishing. I have not claimed to be such! I am attempting to point out a blind spot you seem to be missing w/r/t a website acting within their moderation guidelines. There is nothing stopping you from sharing your cruft (and bait titles) on other platforms. If you want to share it here, play by the rules or take your precious text elsewhere. Your casual appeal to (your own) authority is juvenile. Not surprised this is your first 15 minutes of fame. Let us all hope it is the last.
qup 4y ago
From another perspective, they gave you your 15 minutes of fame. Posting it on your blog didn't get you any attention, right? It was posting it here. HN linked to your site, and promoted it to their front page, and displayed it with a title you didn't give it. That's totally fine, and expected & encouraged by the larger community.

Then I would have appreciated if the mods would have given me a choice to edit my title. But they didn't. They made it feeble and ruined my 15 minutes of fame.

by _urzu 4y ago

Then I would have appreciated if the mods would have given me a choice to edit my title. But they didn't. They made it feeble and ruined my 15 minutes of fame.

skiddo 4y ago

Deliberate provocation via your self admitted “spicy” title is against the rules. Yet somehow you are a victim, throwing a tantrum on a public forum and polluting an otherwise coherent front page. Quit insulting your readers intelligence with clickbait titles, or push your blogspam somewhere else please. Your sense of entitlement is astonishing.

_urzu 4y ago
If you'd understand anything about publishing texts on the internet, you would not make this argument. A text is worth nothing without an optimized CTR preview. You can spend an entire year writing a text and making it beautiful to all the idealism that you're projecting into HN's content moderation. No single person would read it without an enticing title. Get on my level and then tell me again what I'm doing wrong.
- skiddo 4y ago
  I am absolutely no expert in publishing. I have not claimed to be such! I am attempting to point out a blind spot you seem to be missing w/r/t a website acting within their moderation guidelines. There is nothing stopping you from sharing your cruft (and bait titles) on other platforms. If you want to share it here, play by the rules or take your precious text elsewhere. Your casual appeal to (your own) authority is juvenile. Not surprised this is your first 15 minutes of fame. Let us all hope it is the last.

qup 4y ago

From another perspective, they gave you your 15 minutes of fame. Posting it on your blog didn't get you any attention, right? It was posting it here. HN linked to your site, and promoted it to their front page, and displayed it with a title you didn't give it. That's totally fine, and expected & encouraged by the larger community.