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The submitted title might very well have been "This code smells of desperation.". HN has some strange rules that edit submitted titles like stripping "10" or "H
by bin_bash 3y ago
The submitted title might very well have been "This code smells of desperation.". HN has some strange rules that edit submitted titles like stripping "10" or "How to"
- kgwgk 3y agoIt was already annoying that titles can be changed by a moderator without leaving any trace and now titles are also being mutilated automatically at submission time into something that may or may not make sense. At least in this case the submitter may notice what happened and change it back.
- dang 3y agoThey would seem less strange if you saw a list of the baity titles that get de-baited that way. Maybe we should publish that. "How to" doesn't get edited out. Certain other leading hows do.
- bin_bash 3y agoI feel like it’d definitely help to know what the rules are. Might make it better to editorialize slightly and avoid having it happen automatically