&gt; <i>I thought the original title a little inflammatory</i><p>In that case it&#x27;s good to change it. From the guidelines: &quot;Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait.&quot; Inflammatory is usually linkbait.<p>When changing a title to make it more accurate or neutral, it&#x27;s best to use a subtitle or a representative phrase from the article.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;newsguidelines.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;newsguidelines.html</a>