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0 pointsdredmorbius5y ago0 comments

HN has guidelines, not rules, and there are times when they can be bent.

For titles, finding (or manufacturing) one that's clearer based on actual article text is a common alternative. I've suggested "Chinese paddlefish has gone extinct due to overfishing and dams" to the moderators. (Much of that phrase occurs within the article.)

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tptacek5y ago· 1 in thread

I don't think we disagree. The important point is that it's not the job (or the privilege) of the submitter to determine for everyone else what the most important angle on the story is. Titles are community property. That's exactly what went wrong here.

dredmorbiusOP5y ago

Agreed to that point.

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