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I personally strongly prefer to use Go, and would never use "golang" or "Golang", but I don't mind if other people do and I'd never complain about it. The reason for this is simply that I don't like the sound of the word "golang"; there are some other words I avoid for similar reasons, I think everyone has a few of those.

The thing is that the article title uses Go while the submission here uses Golang. I wouldn't be too happy if someone submitted one of my articles and changed words like that, especially if it's to something I dislike. That's also why I complained about the editorializing in the first place, because I'd be a bit peeved if someone added something like "best-kept secret" in there (but the article title changed, so that's now a moot point).

Conversely, I'd also never change "golang" to "Go" when submitting something.

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Based on the submitter’s posting history and change in original article title, I’m going to go on a limb and say that the submitter is the original author.

Yeah, the names don’t match, but out of all of the things they submitted, at least half are articles from this site.

But beyond that, I mean, does it matter? You might not appreciate it, sure, but you’re also not the original author. I’d get the argument if the author came in and said it, but at this point this just seems like complaining for complaining’s sake and you not agreeing with the phrasing used in the article or submission title. That’s certainly your opinion to have, but is there any benefit to expressing it? This doesn’t seem like a relevant discussion about the article contents.

> I mean, does it matter? You might not appreciate it, sure, but you’re also not the original author.

Well, no, but I'd rather not assume anything: just let the author pick the title.

(I assumed that "gus_leonel" wasn't the author, since John Arundel has his own HN account under his regular "bitfield" username, but they do post a lot from bitfieldconsulting, so idk).

If the original author has a problem with it, they are free to come in and make the complaint themselves. It’s your opinion to have but not your argument to make and while you may not appreciate it, even if the author isn’t the submitter (I still very much think they are), they clearly did considering the article title was changed to more closely match the submission, and they have a keyboard and can make the argument for themselves if they are irked by the changes.

All this discussion seems to be doing is derailing the comment threads. Almost half the comments here are not about the article itself but your opinions on the words used in the title.

This is also a funny way to not assume anything:

> (I assumed that “gus_leonel” wasn’t the author

> Well no, but I’d rather not assume anything

I don’t see the benefit of this discussion existing in the first place, let alone continuing it, so I’m going to stop here.

> If the original author has a problem with it, they are free to come in and make the complaint themselves.

Most won't know it's posted, or won't see until after it no longer matters. "Don't editorialize" is the simplest and surest way to respect the original author.

"Don't editorialize titles unless the original title is very nondescript or clickbait-y" is not a controversial HN policy.

> I wouldn't be too happy if someone submitted one of my articles and changed words like that

gus_leonel appears to be a pseudonym for the author of the post. They have essentially no comments and most of their submissions are related to this Bitfield Consulting. So it's the author editorializing their own submission titles.

I use Golang because Go is horrible to search for.

I also get into a habit of “Rust lang” because of the video game.

Yes, I could do a bunch of search engine customization stuff or pick someone else’s favourite engine. But this is simpler.

Your preferences/likes/dislikes are irrelevant. "Golang" is a official way to refer to the Go language.

I explicitly said that it's fine to use golang. I am saying I don't like people changing my words, which is entirely reasonable and a very different argument than "never use golang".

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