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		km144 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 99 Bottles of OOP now available in Python Why does HN automatically edit titles??

corytheboyd 8 months ago [–]

It’s supposed to kill clickbait titles. In practice it just randomly mangles titles. I don’t get why they don’t remove the feature and instead rely on flagging.

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