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Casualty of HN title mangling again. Original title: Africa’s Wild Dogs Are the Most Hated Carnivores on the Continent. Here’s Why Some Conservationists Are Sav
by lolpython 19d ago
Casualty of HN title mangling again. Original title: Africa’s Wild Dogs Are the Most Hated Carnivores on the Continent. Here’s Why Some Conservationists Are Saving Them Anyway
- WalterGR 19d agoIt’s not mangling. The article’s subtitle doesn’t fit within the character limit.
- lightedman 19d agoWe're in the era of 4k and 8k monitors. That character limit only occupies a tiny fraction of any modern screen. So odd a site dedicated to future technology companies isn't even caught up with modern display techniques, let alone ones that existed some 2 decades ago.
- lolpython 19d agoTo be fair, on mobile the title lengths staying reasonable really helps HN homepage readability.
- kakacik 19d agoAlso even though new such hardware is cheap for our western standards, its a mistake to think this is valid for entire world for various reasons
- micromacrofoot 19d agothe site is intentionally anachronistic precisely because the people here understand technology
- upupupandaway 19d agoI wish we could get rid of the "Here's why" and similar clickbait fragments in titles.
- blitzar 19d ago"This one simple trick to restore Africa’s wild dog populations ... You Won’t Believe What Happened Next"
- InexSquirrel 19d agoI dislike the title really - I'm not sure where they pull the 'most hated' aspect from. A lot of what I've seen is that leopards generally fall into that category, mainly because they'll also happily kill people, dogs and livestock.