Re:Moving Forward Boldly with Kin [Kik Shutting Down]
by dang on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @09:01PM
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HN's title rule is "Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize." When a corporate press release uses an anodyne title to deflect attention, that's misleading—so it's well within the guidelines to change it to something more accurate. The main thing is not to overcorrect by sensationalizing it the other way.
The important story here is the shutdown and mass firing, but on HN it has to be told through the lens of their PR-friendly title, which is unlikely to get much attention (and that's exactly why they wrote it that way).