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seanmcdirmid · 2018-07-22 20:35:29+00:00

It is the actual title of the article, but it isn’t clear what the article is about without the byline that HN doesn’t support.

detaro | karma 40664 | avg karma 1.79 · | 2019-08-17 14:56:32+00:00

Which is the title on HN, not the title of the article.

solipsism | karma 1170 | avg karma 0.88 · | 2020-01-04 06:08:44

Why is the HN title so different from the article's title?

pflenker | karma 1475 | avg karma 6.56 · | 2022-06-24 09:06:29

The HN title is right, it's the article's title which is at odds with its contents.

capableweb | karma 37790 | avg karma 4.15 · | 2021-03-10 22:09:09+00:00

It's a editorialized headline that only appears on HN. The submission itself (it's content) doesn't actually say anything like the title is (was? Seems title changed)

neilc | karma 4819 | avg karma 3.66 · | 2010-10-19 02:30:00

Yeah, the HN article title is inaccurate.

ab9 | karma 2189 | avg karma 23.29 · | 2011-05-12 03:03:42+00:00

Because that's the context of the article and HN users might want to know that. It's not clear in the original title.

tomp | karma 21535 | avg karma 2.82 · | 2014-11-07 16:37:16+00:00

It's not a "title from HN", it's the original title of the article. It's the (general, with specific exceptions) policy of HN to keep the original article titles. I personally oppose it frequently, but it is what it is.

function_seven | karma 15286 | avg karma 4.94 · | 2015-12-20 22:55:36+00:00

I think that title is meaningless. The one being used here on HN succinctly summarizes the article, while that one doesn't give me a clue about the subject matter

stinger | karma 82 | avg karma 1.49 · | 2020-03-17 23:47:32+00:00

Title is misleading on HN. The linked article is accurate

dang | karma 18142 | avg karma 0.25 · | 2020-09-28 01:28:28+00:00

The HN title is the article's HTML doc title, which is a legitimate variant to use here.

stingraycharles | karma 11619 | avg karma 4.34 · | 2020-08-12 16:26:04+00:00

FWIW, its not in the title of the article, just the HN title. Mods should change it probably.

detaro | karma 40664 | avg karma 1.79 · | 2019-08-17 13:23:18+00:00

Am I missing something? The only thing pointing in that direction I see is the submission title here on HN, which is in no way reflected in the article?

jasonkostempski | karma 4129 | avg karma 2.61 · | 2017-07-23 17:41:23+00:00

HN title is not the article title.

d4nt | karma 1914 | avg karma 5.73 · | 2013-10-09 20:10:19+00:00

This is the title of the actual Guardian article, and the convention on HN is to use the linked article's title.

js8 | karma 7245 | avg karma 2.45 · | 2021-08-26 02:39:36

Yeah, the title seems to be against HN editorial policy.

chc | karma 20862 | avg karma 3.0 · | 2011-02-28 05:05:01+00:00

It's the title of the original post, not editorializing for HN.

dang | karma 18142 | avg karma 0.25 · | 2016-12-19 19:26:01+00:00

No doubt the HN title doesn't say that because the article title doesn't.

jannyfer | karma 403 | avg karma 3.08 · | 2022-07-02 15:36:39

The actual article’s title is fine for me, it’s just this HN submission’s title that’s hard to parse.

itsdrewmiller | karma 1697 | avg karma 2.12 · | 2022-01-20 13:46:06

You're supposed to use the actual article title on HN unless there is a good reason you can't. I agree with everything else about your take.