> This would be clearer if we didn't let submitters enter a title-- if our software simply let people submit urls, and retrieved the title from the page. We don't do this because it's too inflexible.
The hard and fast rule software would use is too inflexible, ok, I'm with you.
> The only way we can tell if a newly created title is accurate is to read the article, and we're not about to read every article submitted to HN. The only option is to revert to the original title, which is at least what the author intended.
But the hard and fast rule of a moderator that won't read an article is all good. Hmmn.
The hard and fast rule software would use is too inflexible, ok, I'm with you.
> The only way we can tell if a newly created title is accurate is to read the article, and we're not about to read every article submitted to HN. The only option is to revert to the original title, which is at least what the author intended.
But the hard and fast rule of a moderator that won't read an article is all good. Hmmn.