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		Kiro on Nov 3, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Signs that a startup is focused on stuff that does... Why was the title changed from the original one? Bad decision IMO.

dang on Nov 3, 2016 [–]

The HN guidelines call for changing linkbait titles (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html).

Titles that use superlatives and evoke indignation are on the baity side, so we changed it to the subtitle, with "you" replaced by the more neutral "a startup".

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