So is it the mods who are editing titles of articles to be more sensational and clickbait-y? Because this happens all the damn time, flagging does nothing, etc.
In many cases yes. I don't know if it's an automated or manual process (it seems to happen less when the US is asleep, so I suspect it's manual?), but generally if you submit a link with a title edited to be less sensational and clickbait-y it gets changed to the linked article title.
That doesn't help, HN mods still "correct" it back to the wrong title even in that case.
So is it the mods who are editing titles of articles to be more sensational and clickbait-y? Because this happens all the damn time, flagging does nothing, etc.
In many cases yes. I don't know if it's an automated or manual process (it seems to happen less when the US is asleep, so I suspect it's manual?), but generally if you submit a link with a title edited to be less sensational and clickbait-y it gets changed to the linked article title.
That was sarcasm, as what's "wrong" is often subjective and up to interpretation.
And it's often not.
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