How Toby Spribille Overturned 150 Years of Biology about Lichens

Re:How Toby Spribille Overturned 150 Years of Biology about ... by kafkaesq on Friday July 22, 2016 @12:41PM (#12144696)

I think we should leave click-baity titles the way they are, actually. On the general principle that the <mediasphere> -> HN mapping should be "information preserving" to whatever degree is reasonably feasible.

So if the authors of a story are being irresponsibly click-baity in their choice of title wording... it would not only be remiss of us not to convey this fact -- we would, in effect, be covering their asses -- which really now, are better left exposed in cases like these.

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Re:How Toby Spribille Overturned 150 Years of Biology about ... by dang on Friday July 22, 2016 @01:06PM (#12144891)

The problem with that argument is that the titles of HN submissions don't merely reflect an outside reality. They exert an influence on this site itself—one of the most powerful influences, in fact. So it's more like breathing polluted air, say, than watching a film.

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Re:How Toby Spribille Overturned 150 Years of Biology about ... by kafkaesq on Friday July 22, 2016 @01:17PM (#12144984)

A most colorful analogy. I agree that there's also an important counterpoint, in that sense.

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