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[New Rule discussion] No Editorializing Article Titles. The original title of the article must be used. (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Edit: This rule seems to be much more nuanced and requires more thought than we had put in, please continue to discuss below.

It is NOT in effect at this time but highly recommend for regional subreddits at least.

~~The above rule has been added to the instance and will be enforced instance wide.~~ This rule is very common within most existing communities where news articles are shared and avoids sensationalizing the story or attempts at steering discussion by the user posting the article.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I have found that on Lemmy, copying the article title in the post header or body is often redundant, as the website preview tells you the actual title anyway.

I don't mind this rule should it be placed in effect (mods give me a shout if you are enforcing it and I'll edit titles going forward). But is it a necessity? In my view not really. It is a good idea to discuss strategies to curb disinformation and discussions with leading rhetoric this may or may not be the best tool in the box for this.

Generally my flow with writing a typical article-based Lemmy post is: Article title or one-liner paraphrase of article in the header, more details/summary in the body staying mostly neutral with only a bit of my opinion, and my full opinion on it within a separate comment.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

But is it a necessity?

https://lemmy.ca/post/1088973

Posts like this one is why regional communities on the dead site had rules like this. So yeah it can be argued that it's necessary.

Generally my flow with writing a typical article-based Lemmy post is: Article title or one-liner paraphrase of article in the header, more details/summary in the body staying mostly neutral with only a bit of my opinion, and my full opinion on it within a separate comment.

That fits within the intention of the rule in my opinion.