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HN Contest: Invent the perfect HN-link-bait title

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Re: HN Contest: Invent the perfect HN-link-bait title

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Post by maguay »

profquail wrote: post #5
maguay wrote: post #3

How about "HN is being shut down"? :) That'd be sure to get a crazy level of response!

Maybe, but unless there was some kind of scandal around why it was being shut down, it'd have to be from PG...unless you quoted him: "PG says Hacker News no longer useful, shutting down"

Right, of course. In the spirit of the post, I was throwing out a crazy idea. Let's just hope that never happens :)

Re: HN Contest: Invent the perfect HN-link-bait title

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Post by DanielBMarkham »

tokenadult wrote: post #8

Anything related to stereotypical concerns of single heterosexual males (e.g., how to pick up women). It will be justified as a "hack" if someone complains that it has little to do with start-ups or technology. Usually articles of that kind don't fit the "delight the mind" criterion. A very close second is anything related to high-IQ people feeling superior to other people even if they have no noteworthy accomplishme…

"Use hidden Erlang innards to pick up girls"

You're right. There have been many articles on dating and sex, all with some kind of tenuous hacking link. And all from the male perspective.

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