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Comment by Larrikin | Hacker News Reader

I wonder what percentage of HN posts have someone complaining about the headline of an article instead of it's contents.

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The "article" is two paragraphs and links to a single Instagram user who protested the website, and it says users are "flocking" from Instagram.

I agree with their complaint.

I am on IG, I follow about a hundred people, a bunch of friends I know IRL and a bunch of artists i like, I had 3 artists bounce to Cara in the last week in my timeline alone.

At first I thought it's a scam but after the second artist who was clearly not the type I gave it a look.

Top Story: HN users are scrambling to complain about article headlines.

You beat me to that comment!

I subscribe to WaPo, but the latest editor changes are making me leery. I'm keeping an eye on the slant of their political coverage, and I'm ready to unsubscribe.

You might say they are scrambling to criticise them.

I mean, based on the comments on the average post, at least half of the commenters never actually click the link, but instead imagine what it might have been based on the headline, so it seems fair that headlines would have a unique importance on this here orange website.

It might be an interesting link aggregator site that would only let users comment on an article after being able to confirm they clicked on it. Possibly with some kind of timer to theoretically allow for time to read the article based on its length.

I wonder what the average rank of the most popular comment complaining about the headline is.

you spelled "its" wrong. :)

Well played, sir. This comment is peak HN. You have nothing more you need to do today. Give yourself a pat on the back and head home.

:). sometimes things are too funny here, i must confess.

You miscapitalized "s" and "i". :)

I did! :)

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