Title: Dear Paul Graham,<p>Some hours ago I added a Hacker News entry for a Microsoft bug, which was shown back then as:<p><i>| Ping of Death Reloaded (microsoft.com) 1 point by vog 9 minutes ago | discuss | edit | delete</i><p>Some hours later I revisited HN and my entry was shown with a different title: [1] [2]<p><i>| Vulnerability in ICMPv6 could allow Denial of Service (microsoft.com) 15 points by vog 7 hours ago | 11 comments</i><p>Also, the comments were filled with complaints about that new, crappy title:<p>https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=6215368<p><pre><code>  taspeotis:
  I read the linked page and all I could see was a vulnerability
  in Windows. [...]
  
  X-Istence:
  Could it be added that this is just in Windows, in the title? [...]
  
  scottlinux:
  Vulnerability in how Windows does ICMPv6 [...]

  wbl:
  No, vulnerability in Windows allows Denial of Service.
  This isn&#x27;t a protocol flaw in ICMPv6.
</code></pre>
I have no idea who manipulated this title, and why. HN provides no way for me to figure this out. There is not even any visible mark showing that this title was changed at all.<p>To summarize:<p>1) Some HN admin is able to edit other peole&#x27;s submission titles. (maybe okay)<p>2) There is no transparency about this kind of manipulation. (WTF?)<p>3) The new title still appears next to my nick name. (WTF?)<p>Result: I have never entered that crappy title, but receive the complaints!<p>Is this how HN is meant to work?<p>Sincerely,<p>Volker Grabsch<p>[1] Note that I&#x27;m aware that this is just the original title of the article. But that title was crap, which is why I chose a different one in the first place! As far as I can tell, my title was shorter and still more accurate than the article&#x27;s title.<p>[2] To prevent more title manipulation, I&#x27;d like to notice that I submitted this entry unter the title &quot;Ask PG: Why are submission titles manipulated without notification?&quot;
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