[afavour]

I hate clickbait headlines but I disagree. Let a site succeed or fail based on their choices. If they want to use clickbait headlines they won’t get my clicks.

Rewriting headlines feels like a fundamental break in the contract of a search engine.

[billyp-rva]

I mean HN modifies headlines all the time. Sometimes hours after the fact. News sites themselves A/B test headlines constantly. I don't really think there is any "contract" to speak of.

[lazide]

There is a massive difference between a specific website changing things (even an aggregator), and a search engine.

[add-sub-mul-div]

And that sucks. I don't want the paternalistic thought policing.