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Re:Show HN: Stretch – Free limousine rides by ClassyJacket on Sunday May 28, 2017 @07:46PM (#14436602)
Inaccurate title. This is Uber for ONE limousine.
Re:Show HN: Stretch – Free limousine rides by dang on Sunday May 28, 2017 @09:33PM (#14436916)
OK, we changed the title from "Show HN: Stretch - A parody of Uber (free limousine rides)".
Re:Show HN: Stretch – Free limousine rides by Kiro on Monday May 29, 2017 @07:54AM (#14438648)
This is the first time I've seen you change a Show HN title. For my Show HNs I spend a lot of time thinking and coming up with a title that I can stand behind. I may be extreme but if I were the poster of whose Show HN you changed the title I would rather have the post removed.
Re:Show HN: Stretch – Free limousine rides by dang on Monday May 29, 2017 @08:28AM (#14438753)
We change Show HN titles all the time, just like other titles. In this case the submitter emailed us and was fine with it.

Actually I copied the original title incorrectly above. The original title was "Show HN: Stretch – Uber for limousines (but it's free)", which provoked objections in the thread. When a title provokes objections like that, it can easily take over the discussion. That's one reason we change them.

Re:Show HN: Stretch – Free limousine rides by justboxing on Sunday May 28, 2017 @07:55PM (#14436635)
It's not even Uber for ONE limousine. You can summon an Uber and it'll be outside your door in minutes.

Not this one :)

Re:Show HN: Stretch – Free limousine rides by notatoad on Sunday May 28, 2017 @08:09PM (#14436689)
Sure it will. If it's already almost outside your door, then it will be outside your door in minutes. Otherwise, not so much.