Comment by thanhhaimai
2 years ago
It's clear from the guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38365934#38368867
Specifically: use the original title, then express your view as a top level comment. If people agree with it, the comment is naturally voted up.
Yes, and the OP did abide by HN guidelines. But GGP implied that the title was misleading; but it was the original title! So, what to do if the original title is misleading?
Admittedly this is a twitter thread, so no "actual title" exists.
>So, what to do if the original title is misleading?
Complain about it in a comment so that people who don't click the link are aware it's misleading. It's not attacking OP.
>So, what to do if the original title is misleading?
I'd suggest posting an alternative, non-misleading source instead, or if none exists, don't post at all.
Then this very interesting piece would never never come to my attention. Which is surely the worst outcome.
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Personally, I _do_ editorialize by posting a “summary” of what a post discusses, if there’s no real title. I try not to make it pass as my own opinion; sometimes it happened that mods reverted it to the original, less relevant title.
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This sounds like the religious idea that "the magical Invisible Hand of the Free Market will ensure that only the best-run businesses survive."
....except people routinely submit articles with titles edited to be clickbaity and misleading, they get upvoted, and nothing happens.