It does not have to do with points. HN moderators can change titles.
They only change titles when they are inaccurate or misleading. That was clearly the least of the problems with the story considering it has been deaded.
They only change titles when they are inaccurate or misleading. That was clearly the least of the problems with the story considering it has been deaded.
The reason inaccurate and misleading titles are some times changed are because people do not want inaccurate or misleading titles.
Why to kill a front page thread with a lively discussion?
However, I am puzzled what was problematic with that story apart from that it challenged certain consensus scientific views (which was the reason for submitting it on Hackers News).