On: Native Americans Say Facebook Is Accusing Them of Using Fake Names

[Dylan16807]

>Native Americans Say

That's an odd phrasing for something that should be very easy to verify.

[prawn → Dylan16807]

I think Dylan's point is that the headline could be something like this:

"Facebook Is Disallowing Native American Names"

[Dylan16807 → prawn]

Yes. Is there another way to read my comment? I'm a bit confused by the downvotes.

[tempestn → Dylan16807]

I don't see another reading, but perhaps people are misunderstanding you to mean that you don't believe the Native Americans. Perhaps if you suggested an alternative title?

[rodgerd → Dylan16807]

I imagine it's getting downvotes from people who tire of the tendancy of a chunk of the HN commentariat to dismiss anything as "not a real problem" if it doesn't impinge of straight white guys, and have assumed your response is a thinly-veiled version of that.

[lmm → Dylan16807]

Pedantic complaint about the headline, rather than engaging with the article? Ample reason for a downvote in my book.

[pjc50 → Dylan16807]

Newspaperese much prefers to construct everything out of statements that other people have said. Rather like wikipedia.