Afghanistan Silk Road jewel reveals more of its treasures

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24581093

by sarreph • 13 years ago

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lampington• 13 years ago

Not about the busted tor service like I thought it would be but interesting nonetheless.

FBT• 13 years ago

Indeed. A very(unintentionally) misleading title. Perhaps unfortunately, the policy here is to keep the original title of an article... That policy has many upsides, but one of its biggest downsides is that there is no discretion allowed in fixing possibly confusing titles like this one.

lucastx• 13 years ago

I think a notice -- like "Silk Road (the real asian route) jewel reveals more of its treasures" -- would suffice here.

pg said recently that the reason they revert titles is to avoid false information:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6572466

A tiny change like this does not seem to include false information -- on the contrary, it unambiguously and imparcially clarifies it.

gettheyayo• 13 years ago

thought it was about the currently busted Silk Road not the real one.

clamprecht2• 13 years ago

Is this a hack/protest on HN's title changing policy?

If so, it's a clever one.

sarreph2• 13 years ago

I was fooled myself, and so thought it would be a fun experiment for you guys/ladies to partake in.

However, it does seem that someone has now changed the title to avoid confusion (would have thought it would happen much earlier).

clamprecht2• 13 years ago

FWIW the title was changed after my comment above.

There's yet another silk road, in the recruiting space, http://www.silkroad.com/

maaku• 13 years ago

I for one am thankful that I can once again click on a "Silk Road" news item and learn some more fascinating history!

Afghanistan Silk Road jewel reveals more of its treasures

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