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mopsi 55 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Does every question mark deserve a Betteridge?

Ask HN: Is every headline just a Betteridge headline now?

We analyzed 10M articles and found most questions don't need answers

I built a classifier that tells you if a headline ends in a question mark for engagement

We replaced all headlines with statements and traffic disappeared

dredmorbius 55 days ago [–]

Falsehoods programmers believe about Betteridge's Law.

unzadunza 55 days ago | [–]

Betteridge's Law is dead, long live Betteridge's Law

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