[lurk2]

I’ve seen a few submissions have their titles changed in the last few months. I was led to believe that submissions should not deviate from the original title under any circumstance other than those described on the guidelines.

> Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize.

Has this policy been relaxed recently? I never liked it as I find a lot of submissions can be unintentionally misleading when the original title is used.

[dang]

The policy is as stable as fossils in granite. It definitely hasn't changed.

It sounds like the subthread at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45098046 cleared up any misunderstandings but if you still have questions let us know!

[croemer]

In this case the title is misleading so the policy still applies

[lurk2]

I had always read misleading to mean deceptive. That’s embarrassing.

[taneq]

It's often used that way. I'd define 'misleading' as 'easier to interpret incorrectly than correctly', and 'deceptive' as 'intentionally misleading'.