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Yang's Yahoo comeback plan
why did the word secret get removed from the title of my post? I just re-worded the title of the linked article.
Is Hacker News censoring stories now, for no good reason?
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We try to undo most of the misleading tricks lower-end journalists use to tart up headlines. In fact, "Exclusive" and "Breaking" get trimmed off automatically.
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I would hardly call Valleywag a lower-end publication. I mean they have at least 3 stories about bay area escort services on the front page today. ;)
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That's how they power their back ends
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It's not new:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43534
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Ah ha! Thanks for the link.
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they've been changing titles for quite some time when they believe its necessary, almost since the beggining
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Is Hacker News censoring stories now, for no good reason?