A specific problem I see a lot on HN is blog post titles that do not make sense out of context. Titles like "Thoughts on music" or "An update on performance" might make sense if I'm reading on your site, but it gives no incentive to click through in the first place. This problem is exacerbated by HN's recent zero tolerance policy for headline changes.
I think I'm going to write up a nice study of comparative multitenant app-mesh queuing performance or something--and then, just for HN, I'll set the actual blog post title to:
> This Is A Bad Title With No Relevance; If You Revert To It You're A Bad Editor And You Should Feel Bad
...and then give the link a more sensible (but slightly editorializing) title when I submit it to HN, and see what happens. :)
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A specific problem I see a lot on HN is blog post titles that do not make sense out of context. Titles like "Thoughts on music" or "An update on performance" might make sense if I'm reading on your site, but it gives no incentive to click through in the first place. This problem is exacerbated by HN's recent zero tolerance policy for headline changes.
I think I'm going to write up a nice study of comparative multitenant app-mesh queuing performance or something--and then, just for HN, I'll set the actual blog post title to:
> This Is A Bad Title With No Relevance; If You Revert To It You're A Bad Editor And You Should Feel Bad
...and then give the link a more sensible (but slightly editorializing) title when I submit it to HN, and see what happens. :)