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Re:Are Google employees more productive because of company p... by newswriter99 on Monday July 16, 2018 @04:43PM (#17544909)
Journalism/editing tip: Never start a headline with a question. And definitely never start a headline with a question that can be answered: "No" by a reasonable guestimation.
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Re:Are Google employees more productive because of company p... by traek on Monday July 16, 2018 @04:51PM (#17544980)
In this case it's not a headline, it's literally a question that was asked.
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Re:Are Google employees more productive because of company p... by personjerry on Monday July 16, 2018 @05:08PM (#17545144)
Hacker News tip: Click the link before commenting
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Re:Are Google employees more productive because of company p... by choxi on Monday July 16, 2018 @04:45PM (#17544925)
How did that come to be a best practice? I like titles with questions because they can frame the scope and objective of the article really well.
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Re:Are Google employees more productive because of company p... by Spellman on Monday July 16, 2018 @05:09PM (#17545157)
In journalism, the argument is as follows: If the answer to the question is "yes," it is a stronger/more authoritative headline to simply assert instead of pose a question.

Therefore, any headline that poses a question will result in the answer being "no."

It doesn't apply in this case because it's a Quora question and not an editorialized piece of journalism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...

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Re:Are Google employees more productive because of company p... by choxi on Monday July 16, 2018 @11:17PM (#17547043)
Interesting, thanks
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