No, the purpose is to give everyone a fair playing field. If everyone did a linkbait title, HN would be unreadable.<p>See the guidelines: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;newsguidelines.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;newsguidelines.html</a>