"You're changing the words that publishers use, and that's wrong." It's adding to the words publishers use, and it's long been an accepted practice on aggregation sites like Drudge Report, Arts & Letters Daily, and many more.
It should be noted that this appears to be the opposite philosophy of Hacker News's headline rewrites, which focus more on minimalism and succinctness, for better or for worse.
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"You're changing the words that publishers use, and that's wrong." It's adding to the words publishers use, and it's long been an accepted practice on aggregation sites like Drudge Report, Arts & Letters Daily, and many more.
It should be noted that this appears to be the opposite philosophy of Hacker News's headline rewrites, which focus more on minimalism and succinctness, for better or for worse.
For worse, since we complain about it endlessly. Headlines should do their job quietly, not cause this uproar.
And using Drudge Report as an example.... not really that good of an idea.