The original title of this blog post is "Go is a Pretty Average Language" and the sub title is "But OCaml is Pretty Great".
Why has the title of this HN post been changed to something which isn't either?
Why has the title of this HN post been changed to something which isn't either?
1. HN's own guidelines state: "Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize."
2. dang edited the title of a submission from another user. Almost certainly without asking.
3. dang edited the title that reflecte title of an article verbatim, to something completely different that conveyed completely different information. Almost certainly without asking the author of the article.
It's HN's prerogative to do whatever they want on their site. However, considering the after-the-fact manipulation of a HN user's post for no good reason, and the misrepresentation of an article that someone else wrote, I do not trust the HN mods at all. Since they're already changing user's contributions based on a whim, it's reasonable to assume that this extends to users' comments, the vote scores, and anything else visible on the site.
I'm going to get permabanned for this, and I don't care at all. I now have zero trust in the mods of this site, and the information it presents.
It's usually a good idea to take a little while to learn about the conventions of a community you've just joined before jumping into high drama. On the other hand, most new accounts that show up to complain about HN and its moderation are not really new users at all, but concern trolls—sturgeon of the second freshness: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22second+freshness%22&oq=%2....