Antaris Veteran Posted July 8, 2008 Veteran Share Posted July 8, 2008 This is going to sound really pedantic, but I've noticed recently there has been a flurry of new topics (either regarding news stories, or just topics created by users), where the titles applied to them don't really give a good meaning to what is expected to be read in the content. A few examples: https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=647485 https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=647509 Commonly, the titles are actually taken from the source articles, and as such are subject to the market spinning effect of journalists e.g. Kotaku Can you introduce a policy to help ensure the title of topics is relevant to the content of the thread? I hope I'm not the only one this bugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Dick Montage Subscriber² Posted July 8, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted July 8, 2008 Another issue: People with titles such as "Urgent: Help"... What the hell does that mean? Are you on fire? Do you need CSS help? What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maplecookie Veteran Posted July 8, 2008 Veteran Share Posted July 8, 2008 What the hell does that mean? Are you on fire? Do you need CSS help? What? :rofl: If it's really a bad title you can report it and ask for it to be changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Dick Montage Subscriber² Posted July 8, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted July 8, 2008 Really? Didn't realise mods would take care of something that trivial. Cheers :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+shift. MVC Posted July 9, 2008 MVC Share Posted July 9, 2008 Speaking of bad titles... https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=647753 The topic title has long been changed, but you get my drift. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maplecookie Veteran Posted July 9, 2008 Veteran Share Posted July 9, 2008 Really? Didn't realise mods would take care of something that trivial.Cheers :) Yeah, it might not go on the top of our priority list, but we'll get it done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p858snake Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Speaking of bad titles...https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=647753 The topic title has long been changed, but you get my drift. :p I always use the original title (or close it to due to size restriction) because in some places people were like "omg you changed the title, how do we know you didn't change the article to effect the outcome" and such even though i left a source link =( although yes i know what was wrong with the original title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+shift. MVC Posted July 10, 2008 MVC Share Posted July 10, 2008 Haha, nothing against your title. I just thought it was funny :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matrix XII Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Half the titles are just for shock value lol but yeah, they are misleading :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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