This is worse than click bait; the headline is a falsehood designed to provoke outrage. WF is NOT arguing that customers are bound by forged signatures, despite what this headline implies. This is Fake News making the rounds. Good job HN.
you use really strong language (even in your username) and since it's just 27 days old, perhaps could make another one.
with that said, I think if you suggested an alternative title (under your handle or a different one) that better reflects the contents of the article, the mods would be inclined to change it. They often do - and clickbait titles are explicitly against HN policy :)
so go ahead and make a suggested title change, under your current or a different HN name. thanks.
Yet despite the user name, despite the strong language, cnnsucks is right: it's a crap, click-bait headline. Don't believe me? Then you go RTFA, and better yet go read the Reuters article from whence this sprang. Still convinced that the headline has anything to do with the truth? (And to be clear, the headline implies that customers agreed via forged signatures. No, customers "agreed" with their real signature when they willfully opened their original account.)
At the very least, link to the original Reuters article, and make a note to quit giving BoingBoing hits.
Changing the headline on HN doesn't redeem this; you'll still being linking the boingboing story with the same false headline. Just delete it and be more careful in the future.
As for my username, that's your call: ban it or don't. I'll call out fake stories with this account or some other either way.
I'm not a moderator! I just wanted to welcome you to our community - I agree with what you've written, and I hope you'll stick around and play by our rules: this is why this place is great, because people engage in civil discourse (for the most part). I agree with the gist of what you wrote above - but you could have said it without the demeaning tone and it would be taken seriously (including changing the headline as necessary - or even burying the whole story). I agree with you and hope you'll stay and contribute here, I recommend under a neutral name.
