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Re:Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences... by input_sh on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @09:26AM (#48207363)
The title as it is right now is 79 characters long, the limit is 80.
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Re:Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences... by saghm on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @09:37AM (#48207543)
What about "Meta blocks human rights accounts for audiences in Saudi Arabia and UAE"? I don't think "reaching" adds much to the headline
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Re:Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences... by maratc on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @10:22AM (#48208349)
> "Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAE"

79 chars.

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Re:Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences... by gaudystead on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @12:03PM (#48209935)
Might as well go for the limit and replace the comma with " &" (space ampersand)
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Re:Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences... by dnnddidiej on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @11:37AM (#48209515)
Saudi Arabia is a city in UAE?
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Re:Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences... by saghm on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @01:15PM (#48210934)
We can't solve the general problem of English syntax ambiguity in a HN headline, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't try to be precise about the literal names of things
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Re:Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences... by saghm on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @10:39AM (#48208658)
Even better!
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