[reaperducer]

Blame automated A/B testing.

Even the New York Times is guilty of this.

I will see an article in the dead tree edition that I want to share with my wife while she's at work, but the title in print doesn't match the A/B-tested internet-optimized online title, making it hard to find.

[procarch2019]

What about the content of the article? I admit I’m a NYT print reader as well and don’t really look at their online content, so I wasn’t aware. It makes sense in context of my comment that they change the title, but wondering if they run the actual contents through something too.

Worried we’re headed for (arrived at) some dystopia where we’ll need to have AI filter and sort all the AI created crap to be able to consume anything meaningful.

[reaperducer]

Fortunately, the text of the articles and the pictures don't change. (I bet the union would have a fit.)

Unfortunately, the Times' search is heavily weighted toward the titles, so searching for unusual words and names from the article doesn't help much.