Re:Show HN: Astro App
by solardev on Monday March 04, 2024 @02:43PM
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It's not a matter of blindly following the rules, just that a homebrewed astronomy app is a lot more interesting than yet another implementation of yet another JS framework. The ambiguity is doing a disservice to the cool thing the OP actually built, and I think this thread deserves more attention.
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The point of these mod comments is not that they are 'rules', it's that a bit of ambiguity is good for curiosity. The thread itself has about as much attention as HN can give a post:
It's an interesting point... that ambiguous titles can help spark curiosity and lure people in.
I wonder, has that ever been tested/looked at somewhat scientifically?
No idea (it's hard for me to imagine how to even design such an experiment but I'm no curiosity scientist) although HN's weird title rules are probably the thing (out of the various weird rules) that the HN hive mind has expended the most thinker bees on. So if nothing else, they're HN-tested!