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Re:Microsoft and GitHub team up to take Git virtual file sys... by Yen on Friday November 17, 2017 @03:07PM (#15725568)
I mean, unlike a lot of aggregation sites, HN has a specific policy about link titles, which is generally sensible and does the right thing. (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html)

Sure, in some cases, implementation of this policy fails, and something is rewritten that shouldn't be, or something should be rewritten that isn't. But, I'd estimate maybe 80% of all discussions about titles, that I've seen, have been valid concerns, and typically resulted in a rewrite.

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Re:Microsoft and GitHub team up to take Git virtual file sys... by doublerebel on Friday November 17, 2017 @03:15PM (#15725619)
I have long been familiar with HN's policies. OP did not suggest a new title, they instead posted a long quote from TFA and added an oversimplified summary -- which I'm not sure adds to quality discussion. Articles which are only clickbait should be flagged. Correcting the title on a good article is different from complaining.
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