Since you've broken HN's submission guidelines egregiously more than once today (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11766548), we've taken story submission privileges away from your account. If you want them restored, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com.
You should have used the article's own title. The guidelines ask submitters to change titles only when they are misleading or linkbait. But you've been rewriting titles to make them more so, not less so. That's not ok.
On some sites where people post articles, the submitter owns the title and can make it say whatever they want. HN doesn't work that way. Submitters have no special rights over the title, which should be neutral and as reflective of the article content as possible.
I'm a bit confused. Currently trending #9 on the front page is: "Is Facebook eavesdropping on phone conversations? (news10.com)" >> basically same article. Seems as if the language is approximately the same. I don't expect an answer here (I don't think that you can see my responses)... but I am posting my question for posterity.
We buried your submission because you broke the rules so badly. Another account reposted it using the article's original title. Since they didn't break the rules, that's fine.
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You should have used the article's own title. The guidelines ask submitters to change titles only when they are misleading or linkbait. But you've been rewriting titles to make them more so, not less so. That's not ok.
On some sites where people post articles, the submitter owns the title and can make it say whatever they want. HN doesn't work that way. Submitters have no special rights over the title, which should be neutral and as reflective of the article content as possible.