Ask HN: How do top thread headlines get retitled?

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This current top headline on HN, "Ranking the Most Beloved TV Shows That Got Canceled," said something about Firefly in it's title not more than 2 hours ago, but now it's been renamed. How does that happen?

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A non-official answer ...

It happens when the moderators decide that the title does not accurately reflect the content, or that it is otherwise somehow better served by being something different. Sometimes the change is contentious, sometimes the change is undeniably better.

There is also a short (but variable) window during which the submitter can edit a title, but that's unlikely to be the case in this instance, because to the best of my knowledge the window is at most 2 hours.

Yes, a moderator changed the title after it was noted by a user that the submitted title was misleading https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12617046

Thanks guys!

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