I found the renaming a bit hard to understand as well.

I think the intent of linking to this page was to highlight the fact that a popular project is being forked in a potentially confusing and divisive manner... not really highlight the content of the comment made.

The HN guidelines call for using the original title unless it is linkbait or misleading. HN doesn't allow submitters to editorialize (put their own spin on) the stories they submit. The only way to avoid this, since we're not experts on all content, is to use language from the story itself that neutrally represents it.

This rule kicks in particularly when users start to complain that an existing title is misleading. Otherwise that tends to dominate the thread. This is the dreaded title fever.

We don't always succeed in coming up with a neutral, accurate title, so there's a standing invitation to HN readers to suggest a better one. When someone does, we change it again. But if you want to be sure we see a suggestion (about anything, not just titles), send it to hn@ycombinator.com. There are too many posts on HN itself for us to read them all.

OK, we put that back.