[hyperpallium]

I wish HN discouraged clickbait titles, even when the article itself uses that title. One solution is to append the answer to the original title, separated by a "|", as used by: https://www.reddit.com/r/savedyouaclick/

For example:

There is a blind spot in AI research | Auto­nomous systems are already ubiquitous, but there are no agreed methods to assess their effects

If it's interesting, I'll still click.

[goodplay]

I second your proposal.

While I never post a comment on an article before reading it, I almost always read the comments before reading the article to avoid click baits. An brief one-line summary that serves the same role as an abstract would eliminate the need to read the comments first.

It might even help eliminate clickbaity titles in technical articles altogether.

[basch]

i like this too

buzzfeed/upworthy had such an impact on the world of journalism, that after an eon of only ever using the original headline, techmeme was forced to start rewriting headlines

here was their post outlining their decision http://news.techmeme.com/130906/headlines

[ars]

> I wish HN discouraged clickbait titles, even when the article itself uses that title

It actually does discourage that, I remember seeing a post from dang saying so.

[kevindeasis]

This would save lots people time