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In this case it's not a headline, it's literally a question that was asked.

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How did that come to be a best practice? I like titles with questions because they can frame the scope and objective of the article really well.

In journalism, the argument is as follows: If the answer to the question is "yes," it is a stronger/more authoritative headline to simply assert instead of pose a question.

Therefore, any headline that poses a question will result in the answer being "no."

It doesn't apply in this case because it's a Quora question and not an editorialized piece of journalism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...

Interesting, thanks