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by yjftsjthsd-h 1052 days ago
> A title is not "the most informative and complete sentence summarizing the article", it also has the goal to stimulate curiosity.

Are you advocating clickbait?

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Why did you italicize a word? Why speak with any emotion ever? Why not focus exclusively on the optimal method of transferring information from one being to another?
In this case, I believe that using italics to convey emphasis and a bit of emotion is the optimal method of transferring information (here, expressing surprise and questioning someone apparently favoring a practice that is generally correctly viewed as a pure negative).
I disagree, he could have made his point more efficiently, therefore undercutting his complaint.
Why say lot word when few do trick?