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Comment by CJefferson | Hacker News Reader

OK, I don't normally get annoyed about these kinds of thing, but why the heck is the title of this post 'Woman calls...'? That isn't from the article.

Sure, the campaign leader is Dr Kathleen Richardson, but I don't think there has ever been a post on here that started "Man does X".

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A better title would surely be "Robot ethicist calls..."

I mean, I'm not really sure what a "robot ethicist" actually does, but it at least seems more relevant.

>I don't think there has ever been a post on here that started "Man does X".

That's a typical format for a headline. Here are a few:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8886164

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5369778

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6093785

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2266924

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2281045

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4557726

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2200720

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4319250

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8407364

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6175059

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9762331

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2284007

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5091962

and so on.

Note: Most of these links have "Man does X" in the original headline. In only two cases, the "man" part has been added by the HN submitter.

My thoughts exactly. This "Woman does X" is unnecessary and might turn the discussion in the wrong direction.

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