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Comment by falcolas | Hacker News Reader

I don't normally agree with such editorial changes, but this one is really bad. Thanks.

Just to confirm, "this one" in your comment refers to the original article's title being "really bad"? (As opposed to the editorialized title.)

I think "this one" refers to the original article's title being really bad: "Blood money is fine with us, says GitLab: Vetting non-evil customers is 'time consuming, potentially distracting'"

Wow, glad they changed it, that is cringe inducing bad.

It's The Register. They're known for 'silly' headlines; it's their gimmick.

I'm kind of glad the Slashdot/Fark/Register era of Internet headlines seems to be over. Headlines trying to be funny rarely ever are.

Let's talk about how immoral it is to write headlines designed to spark controversy and outrage. Those who do so are disrupting our collective ability to discuss rationally about things- and they do it for profit- all the while posing as guardians of morality.

The Register's headlines have always been tongue in cheek, a dig at tabloids if anything.

Not sure where you are from, but maybe this kind of humour doesn't translate well to the US?

I'm sorry, I don't know the Register, so I might be misinterpreting the headline. And I see that many others on their homepage are similarly exaggerated.

However, unfortunately at this point I'm so used to headlines misrepresenting basic facts or taking quotes out of context to sell a political point or generate controversy, that the headline seemed perfectly plausible- my general point still stands, even if it doesn't apply to this particular case.

I can understand that if you're not familiar with them, but The Register literally predates click-bait - they've been doing satirical headlines for decades.

TheRegister really is the gutter press of the tech world.

I've come to believe that it's a bit more subtle than that.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21275051

Did you notice how the motto is "biting the hand that feeds IT", and the logo is the head of a scowling vulture? :)

It's a tedious schtick. Yet in this case there was also real reporting.

Yes, exactly this.

Wow, finally read the site guidelines. "If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic." I always wondered why even the world's most important news events barely register on HN!

Because you can turn on your TV or go to a regular news site.

Hacker News is for subject matter that you would definitely not see in the regular.

Can you imagine? CNN newsflash: "Y-Combinator founder Paul Graham proposes new Lisp dialect."

I felt a sudden sense of longing and felt incredibly sad, as if I had forgotten something, something that had been precious to me.

The article has an intentionally inflammatory title and is more opinion than journalism. It's not a good faith exploration of the topic.

Dang's editorialized title is.

I believe you and your parent are saying the same thing. (You can see this same discussion playing out in this same thread.)

You're 100% right. Wasn't clear to me from the first read but we are. Going to leave my comment up just for the elaboration on the theme...

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