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throwaway2037 • today at 1:52 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

    > classic HackerNews title shortening algorithm
Woah, this is a wild claim. @dang: Is this a thing? I don't believe it. I, myself, have submitted many articles and never once did I see some auto-magical "title shortening algorithm" at work!

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simlevesque • today at 2:24 PM

It's been confirmed by @dang many times before. I'm not sure if that's what cut the title here but I've seen it many times in the last 10 years.

logicprog • today at 2:15 PM

I've seen it happen a couple times, iirc, it removes things after commas, and removes certain words as well

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