On: How friendships change in adulthood

[simonebrunozzi]

@dang, I submitted "How Friendships Change in Adulthood" and of course the title posted missed the initial "how".

I think it's the worst feature of HN. This is a good example of a title that becomes far worse when "how" is removed, IMHO.

I hope this feature gets canceled.

[Gigachad → simonebrunozzi]

HN always renames the titles to be garbage. Either automatically or manual.

[O__________O → simonebrunozzi]

At the very least, these title edits should be opt-in where user use given options and supplied with the related reasoning — not just automatically done without warning.

[nkurz → simonebrunozzi]

I'm also unsure of whether this is a good rule, but it's one with an easy workaround. As another poster mentioned, the solution is to just edit the title after you submit it. The "How" removal only affects the initial submission. Subsequent edits aren't subject to the same automatic rule.

[password4321 → simonebrunozzi]

Sometimes you can edit the submission to put things back in / fix capitalization (for an hour).

[mkmk3 → simonebrunozzi]

Disagree that its far worse, I dont see an issue in this case

[eyelidlessness → mkmk3]

It means something completely different than the author or submitter intended. How is that not worse?

[darkerside → eyelidlessness]

FWIW, headlines are frequently not written by the author of the article

[pwdisswordfish9 → simonebrunozzi]

Come on, the giggle when it rewrites "How I write" into "I write" is totally worth it.