alt Hacker NewsI quite dislike this style of writing titles. "Stop something". I seems very popular. It sounds very commanding and "I am definitely right about this". Why not write "In favour of something" or "A case against something" or something like that?
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Our interest in a statement is piqued more when it challenges our worldview. It's impolite to a lot of people, but the attention economy rewards it.
Edit: Looks like they changed the title to be less provocative. Good for them
Not as bad as "considered harmful" imo but still mildly toxic. I think the point is taking one rando's personal preferences (I'd prefer we swap the order of A and B) and trying to make it sound like something more than it is.
I came to say something similar.
I don't like conventional commits much neither, but let the people use whatever they want!
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/stop-doing-math
There is a meme that inspires some of this genre of title, fwiw
Because you don't get attention if you don't write deliberately inflammatory content.
Why not be direct and advocate clearly for the position that you prefer? You don’t have agree with their position, but asking them to water down their words is weak sauce.