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Changing the headline on HN doesn't redeem this; you'll still being linking the boingboing story with the same false headline. Just delete it and be more careful in the future.

As for my username, that's your call: ban it or don't. I'll call out fake stories with this account or some other either way.

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I'm not a moderator! I just wanted to welcome you to our community - I agree with what you've written, and I hope you'll stick around and play by our rules: this is why this place is great, because people engage in civil discourse (for the most part). I agree with the gist of what you wrote above - but you could have said it without the demeaning tone and it would be taken seriously (including changing the headline as necessary - or even burying the whole story). I agree with you and hope you'll stay and contribute here, I recommend under a neutral name.