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1210 points jbegley | 1 comments | 11 Apr 25 16:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source

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plsbenice34 ◴[11 Apr 25 18:34 UTC] No.43656921[source]▶

Why is the word Israeli removed from the title? and Meta added? Seems like quite a politically-important modification

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dang ◴[11 Apr 25 18:35 UTC] No.43656931[source]▶

Edit: ok you guys, all your responses have convinced me that I misread the room, and I'm going to reverse the title edit now.

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I did those title edits to (marginally) reduce the flamebait effect of the title, in keeping with standard moderation practice (see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html). Titles have by far the biggest impact on discussion quality, so this is a big deal. Especially when the topic is divisive.

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mef51 ◴[11 Apr 25 18:41 UTC] No.43657015[source]▶

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I think in this instance the perpetrator is central to the story/article

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1. zzzeek ◴[11 Apr 25 19:05 UTC] No.43657317[source]▶

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speaking as someone who gets a lot of their posts flagged (to the annoyance of dang), a less-inflammatory headline can be less satisfying but a post that isn't flagged will get a lot more traffic than one that is flagged

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