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I edited it to tone down the linkbait. If anyone suggests a better title, I'll change it again.

dang, as per the HN guidelines, I always try and submit with the title of the page I'm submitting...even if it's link baity. Is that still the desired guideline or should we do something else?

Hi bane. The guidelines say "use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait" (emphasis added). As far as I know, they've always said that. So yep, delinkbaitification is welcome.

Okay, I'll try and supply some better titles and hopefully make the mods' lives a little easier.

Here are the principles I follow:

1. Make the minimal change necessary;

2. Use language that's already there.

By "already there" I mean not adding words of one's own choosing, but drawing on the existing titles and headings or, if need be, the first sentence of the article.

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