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>>lkrubn+(OP)
Actual title: Amazon has absolutely no idea how to run an app store

Why did the title change? It used to be the same as the original article, but now it's been needlessly editorialized to be kinder to amazon. Seriously? What the fuck. That's not HN's job, and is a disservice to the article, and the community.

>>meeste+2v
The HN Guidelines [1] state that submissions "should use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait." While I am sure the emotions of the developers affected by this are legitimate and strong, the original title borders pretty heavily on linkbait; though I appreciate there is some debate there.

HN may strive to provide intellectually superior content, but that doesn't make me any less susceptible to linkbait.

For one, I appreciate some effort to prevent the front page of HN from devolving into 30 completely unedited, but completely unhelpful titles. If I wanted that, I would just read ads.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

>>vennin+4A
It's more an opinion than linkbait; an opinion which gets tossed by the way side because it is found to be disagreeable. Do authors have no say in what they call their piece?

linkbait is, at least to me, more along the lines of "you'll never believe what these developers made" and this post is nothing of the sort.

>>meeste+iA
This is one of those squishy things that's hard to assess. For me, I would stop short of a title that would be unacceptable if you substituted a (private) person's name for the company/country/whatever mentioned. If it was "Susan has absolutely no idea how to ..." I would call it "over the top" myself, but I'm no moderator. The guidelines also discourage "gratuitous adjective[s]" in titles, of which "absolutely" applies.

> Do authors have no say in what they call their piece?

Absolutely. No one is asking smashcompany.com to change their title. But this isn't smashcompany.com either.