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Ask HN: Any interest in an API for original HN submission titles?

2 pointsby ecaronabout 12 years ago
More and more I'm believing that editor adjustments of titles are dissuading conversation and interest. I'm considering throwing together a simple system that scans new submissions, retrieves/retains their titles and their destinations' titles. I'd offer this up in a REST API so anyone wanting to integrate a GreaseMonkey script or do their own study would be able to do so.<p>My question: If I built it, would anyone else use it? Or am I just whining in my own echo chamber?

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intellectionabout 12 years ago
Insight from censored originals is thoughtworthy.<p>Likewise other sites share same problem, I asked <a href="http://www.quora.com/Editing-Questions-on-Quora/Could-showing-a-questions-original-wording-next-to-its-community-wording-be-helpful-and-insightful-If-our-community-owns-its-questions-is-it-good-to-remember-and-share-how-our-questions-really-started?share=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.quora.com/Editing-Questions-on-Quora/Could-showin...</a> equally concerned we lose important info, by burning what real people wrote first.
toutouastroabout 12 years ago
I was thinking about something like that lately