The HN Guidelines [1] state that submissions &quot;should use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait.&quot;  While I am sure the emotions of the developers affected by this are legitimate and strong, the original title borders pretty heavily on linkbait; though I appreciate there is some debate there.<p>HN may strive to provide intellectually superior content, but that doesn&#x27;t make me any less susceptible to linkbait.<p>For one, I appreciate some effort to prevent the front page of HN from devolving into 30 completely unedited, but completely unhelpful titles.  If I wanted that, I would just read ads.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;newsguidelines.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;newsguidelines.html</a>