“Me”: The one word journalists should add to Twitter searches

mintplant wrote: post #3

Some of the screenshots include the sources' email addresses in the DMs. The author really should have taken a moment to blur them out.

They're not DMs, they're public responses. They should still have removed them though, out of courtesy.

Re: “Me”: The one word journalists should add to Twitter searches

#5

Post by sjbase » Tue, Feb 23, 2016, 4:56 PM UTC

I have an interesting dilemma.

On one hand, I want to commend you for not using the author's clickbait title.

On the other hand, I don't want to give the author more exposure (because of the clickbait title) by increasing this post's comment score.

In the end, the first hand won. Thanks! :)

Re: “Me”: The one word journalists should add to Twitter searches

#6

Post by ihuman » Tue, Feb 23, 2016, 4:56 PM UTC

robotmlg wrote: post #2

Thank you for de-clickbaiting the title

Is there any documentation on what a clickbait title? HN has guidelines on what to do when the title starts with a number, but the only line about clickbaiting is kind of generic.[1] Personally, I'm not sure if "I'll know it when I see it" is the best policy for this, as different people have different opinions on what clickbait is.

And then we have the problem of people just commenting on the act of editing the title, and not the actually content. That's hypocritical of me to complain about, though.

[1] "Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait."

Re: “Me”: The one word journalists should add to Twitter searches

#7

Post by mintplant » Tue, Feb 23, 2016, 4:56 PM UTC

frandroid wrote: post #4

mintplant wrote: post #3

Some of the screenshots include the sources' email addresses in the DMs. The author really should have taken a moment to blur them out.

They're not DMs, they're public responses. They should still have removed them though, out of courtesy.

Ah, you're right. My mistake.

Re: “Me”: The one word journalists should add to Twitter searches

#8

Post by fenollp » Tue, Feb 23, 2016, 4:58 PM UTC

This is a really naive search method for a person whose job is to be good at this.

It's like watching the Spotlight team going through volumes of data themselves…

Isn't Data Journalist a thing already?

Re: “Me”: The one word journalists should add to Twitter searches

#9

Post by delecti » Tue, Feb 23, 2016, 5:07 PM UTC

ihuman wrote: post #6

robotmlg wrote: post #2

Thank you for de-clickbaiting the title

Is there any documentation on what a clickbait title? HN has guidelines on what to do when the title starts with a number, but the only line about clickbaiting is kind of generic.[1] Personally, I'm not sure if "I'll know it when I see it" is the best policy for this, as different people have different opinions on what clickbait is. And then we have the problem of people just commenting on the act of editing the titl…

I agree that it tends to be a "I'll know it when I see it" type thing, but if the title is as long or longer than it would be by "spoiling the surprise", then it's a good sign that it's clickbait. In this case, the article's title could have included "Me(/my)" and avoided dancing around the issue, so I think it definitely qualifies.

It's along similar lines to "Blah blah blah, and you won't believe what happens next."

Re: “Me”: The one word journalists should add to Twitter searches

#10

Post by ethanbond » Tue, Feb 23, 2016, 5:08 PM UTC

fenollp wrote: post #8

This is a really naive search method for a person whose job is to be good at this. It's like watching the Spotlight team going through volumes of data themselves… Isn't Data Journalist a thing already?

Oh good. Another Data X that we can debate the meaning of for the next couple years.