Misleading HN Titles
Users criticize Hacker News submission titles for being misleading, clickbaity, vague, or inaccurate, often suggesting changes or more descriptive alternatives.
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@dang i'd recommend changing the title on this one. I think the title is somewhat misleading, since it doesn't really explain what is happening. See [0][1][0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32598458[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32598471
That title here on HN is a little misleading.
Yeah, as was pointed out in /r/programming, it is perhaps an imperfect title in hindsight!
hungmung's comment is alluding to the misleading syntax of the submission title
Maybe the title shouldn't propose a question that is controversial (and obviously click-bait), and then have the bulk of the article be about something completely different.You're right, I should have read more of the article to realize that it's basically about nothing (someone looking for, and fixing bugs in a library he uses, which everyone who cares does).
Its a title to move eyes on HN, nothing more.
even if this is technical article, the title is very clickbaity.
you assume that the author hasn't mindlessly used the title. this is techcrunch. i'm unconvinced.
I agree, only reason I read the project readme was to see the drop-in explainer.Very misleading title
Ah, the title is 'Guide to Cold Emails and DMs", so the confusing part was the HackerNews submission title.