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I've noticed a change recently

[vordmeister]

Have webmasterworld admin been on a gutter press writing course recently?

In the past the tiles of featured home page discussion threads would have reflected roughly what the thread was about. I would click on those threads if they looked like the sort of thing I was interested in.

Recently the titles seem to be "bigging up" the titles and consequently I have no idea what they will be about. I click and I am disappointed.

For example: "double the speed of wordpress" might be better be characterised as "double the speed of wordpress rewrite".

I don't know if it's a sudden change or only one I've suddenly noticed, but with the new Brett bashing everyone in sight (especially G) and the misleading homepage titles I worry webmasterworld is moving in a direction that the educated members might not want to follow.

Is there a policy change on here we should know about?

[wheel]

I'd say you're overstating things a bit.

[ken_b]

"bigging up"

What does "bigging up" mean?

[vordmeister]

I'd say you're overstating things a bit.

Well there you are then - it's already starting to spread! :-)

Bigging up is a slang term, possibly only used on this side of the pond. It's making something seem more important than it really is. The UK press are good at it - everything made to sound more extreme than it actually is.

I guess if press and marketing people do it then it maybe has benefit in attracting mass audiences and is simply a sign of the times.

[engine]

It's important to use a short, catchy, descriptive title that summarises the content of the story. There is so little time to "catch" the readers eye.

If it's wrong, then do point it out by reporting it and we'll amend it.

We do try hard to get it correct, first time, but nobody's perfect.

[ergophobe]

>>Is there a policy change on here we should know about?

I think it's mostly the 24 hours in a day problem and the person who wrote the front page headline being in a hurry. JDMorgan and I, both participants in the thread, also reported that and it now bears my requested title change.

Of course, we know that engine has an evil conspiracy... we just haven't figured out what it is yet, but I think it has something to do with 2012.

[vordmeister]

Thanks guys - know exactly where you are with the time in the day thing. I try to fit running a forum in with an everyday job myself. Can be a thankless task a lot of the time. Apologies for criticising/questioning.

Off topic - I thought for years that you were a robot engine - I don't read the forums you post in all that often so only see the news items and links you post. Assumed a different kind of engine. :-)

[ergophobe]

>>Assumed a different kind of engine. :-)

Don't get him talking about cars!

>> Apologies for criticising/questioning.

I don't think there's any reason to apologize for merely raising a question. It's being open to responses that counts.

[engine]

>you were a robot engine

Yup, fully automated, food and beer consumuing type. ;)

>Don't get him talking about cars!

Cars, did someone mention cars? ;)