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A comment on D-Day: How a British Oceanographer's Invention Decided Normandy's Fate. Parent comment

Re:D-Day: How a British Oceanographer's Invention Decided No... by nikse on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @05:22PM (#17251240)
fwiw i actually posted it with the articles title and it was updated without my knowledge
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Re:D-Day: How a British Oceanographer's Invention Decided No... by rectang on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @06:15PM (#17251563)
The HN title is faithful to the actual HTML title tag, including the word "Fate". The headline on the page differs.
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Re:D-Day: How a British Oceanographer's Invention Decided No... by jessaustin on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @06:39PM (#17251715)
This sort of mismatch seems fairly common. It's probably some sort of SEO scheme...
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Re:D-Day: How a British Oceanographer's Invention Decided No... by flashman on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @07:07PM (#17251903)
I wonder to what extent they A/B test these titles, then pick the one getting the most traction.
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