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Comment by wh-uws | Hacker News Reader

Exactly that. I really want to do an HN post asking people to curb all of the sensationalist headlines (especially if you haven't fully researched the situation).

I just feel like it will get lost in the noise though

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At least headlines on HN are frequently edited to make them true.

That was always one of the things that drove me batshit crazy about slashdot -- nominally it has editors, but they let straight up flame-bait submissions go through.

Slashdot's discussion of the Lastpass situation was titled LastPass Password Service Hacked and linked to an article at Kaspersky where their title said LastPass Probably Breached.

sigh

I use lastpass and 1password. FWIW, I the guys at AgileBits did a pretty reasonable job of not gaming lastpass's bad day. They did a blog post about a relevant detail of their own security, which really seems like a reasonable thing to do on a day like that.

http://blog.agile.ws/2011/05/defending-against-crackers-pean...

In which case Kaspersky is already being untruthful, which is hardly surprising, considering they sell a competing product. I would expect more honesty when a company reports on it's own game: if you understand full well how subtle things are, then let your reporting reflect that.

People are encouraged to use the original headlines, and someone who tries to de-sensationalize a headline will complained at (and article-flagged and downvoted) more than someone who posts a sensational title as-is.

HN with all the TechCrunch bullshit edited out is much better. I've been skipping any TC link for a while now and it's a big improvement.

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