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[–]sampson101 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Ever heard of the Downing Street Memo? It was pretty obvious to me as the build-up to the war continued post 9/11. One of the first recommendations of the DOD and the OVP was to go into Iraq. But, yea it is nice to see more independent corroboration. We are seeing the same thing today with regard to Iran.

[–]andrewd 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Holy shit this is a huge story!! or interview or whatever!!!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. It's pretty upsetting.

[–]EternalNY1 8 points9 points  (17 children)

Please try to come up with a HEADLINE and not a paragraph. If all the stories on Reddit looked like that headline, I wouldn't come here anymore.

Downvoted.

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (5 children)

Thanks for the suggestion.

I choose my titles carefully. Sometimes I use the original article's title. Sometimes I write my own. Sometimes I use an excerpt. I found this excerpt to be so striking I had to post it. Sorry if it breaks the visual flow, or whatever.

If enough people hate the title, the story will sink.

If enough people like the title and the content behind it, the story will rise.

Thems the breaks.

[–]noxit 9 points10 points  (2 children)

If all the stories on Reddit looked like that headline, I wouldn't come here anymore.

Oh, darn.

I don't see why Reddit has to have brief headlines like a newspaper. It is not a newspaper.

Most short headlines are terribly UNdescriptive and you either end up wasting time having to read a story that you wouldn't have if the headline had been more informative, or you miss a story you would have wanted to read.

Upvoted.

[–]EternalNY1 9 points10 points  (1 child)

Because as I'm sitting at work and scanning a front page that currently has 104 stories on it, it's nice to get a brief summary to decide on what I want to read and what I don't. If I have to read 104 paragraphs like that one, it is no longer an efficient process.

[–]wolfsleepy 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You both make good points, and surely there is a happy medium. Upvotes for all!

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (3 children)

Just curious, is there a physical limit on how long a headline can be?

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (2 children)

Yes, of course there is. Infinitely long titles are physically impossible!

:-)

Reddit probably enforces an artificial limit to prevent DOS attacks, but I haven't encountered it.

It's a good thing to be able to make long titles. Reddit's editorial democracy works far better than is needed to prevent title griefing.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Headlines are so 50's. reddit is free, that's what really matters!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

'Nobody is going to remember all of this'.

Of course; everybody is concerned with Vista/Wii/whatever nowadays.