Comment by alanfranz
2 years ago
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.
Best is "you wont believe what happened when I tested NVMe SSDs"
Oh yeah, I bet something dramatic would happen if neither of us would see it.
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.
The trick is to write the summary from the point of view of the original author, preferably by lifting a quote from the text.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38364315