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That’s a hn filter to avoid clickbait titles I think
Which, more often than not, causes weird titles I’m more likely to click due to sounding curious and interesting, undoing the entire point of the feature.

I would not have clicked on “How My Images Are Dithered” but this truncated version made it sound more like an interesting bug story.

My Title Was Dithered
loading story #49050977
loading story #49049023
Reminded me of how Safari removes the first word from tab titles