&gt; <i>just autofill the title from the submitted URL</i><p>This is a case of Jerry Weinberg&#x27;s dictum that when you hear the word &quot;just&quot; in software development, replace it with &quot;have a lot of trouble&quot;.<p>It&#x27;s one of those ideas that seems like it would work until you look into it. In reality it doesn&#x27;t come close to working, because many web pages have titles that violate the HN guidelines, include junk, or are meaningless. There&#x27;s no substitute for editorial judgment.