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by abeppu 488 days ago
Yeah the title should reflect the actual headline. Is the current "some words" title selected based on the belief that commenters or bots may be specifically looking for particular words to target abusive speech towards?
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For sure. I did an experiment about a year ago where I submitted two different articles on the same topic, within the same 2 minute window. One had the word transgender in the title, the other didn’t. Guess which one was flagged into oblivion in under 30 minutes.
Exactly, I was just trying to not get the submission flagged.
Not OP, but that's what I assume. I don't think most people realize the significance of Stonewall, so that alone wouldn't tip them off.

EDIT: aaaaand, 30 minutes later, it's flagged anyway.