>t doesn't even have a title (they've put "Preface" as a title, but that's the heading of the first section). Then there's the banner adverts at the top.
The title of the page is "LeakedSource Analysis of Twitter.com Leak". I know it's the title because it's in the title tags. The appearance of banner ads is a strange criticism when comparing to a techcrunch page, which is essentially one huge ad for other tech tabloid crap.
The techcrunch article is poorly written; it implies the data may not be genuine because some guy has not confirmed that twitter has been 'breached', while at other points seems to acknowledge the most likely source for this data is malware on users' computers. Which is it?
The statements from Twitter are boilerplate garbage, unworthy of being reproduced in whole or in part.
I shouldn't have to look at the html source of a page to determine the title. (Most mobile browsers don't show the title, and even desktop chrome only shows a little bit of it).
You're right about the adverts. It's more of a design thing than anything else. The site looks like it was designed in the 90s.
As for statements from twitter and others, they are very important, as they give credibility and background to the story. Most people here don't have time to do their own analysis and research on a story.
The title is the written on the link you click on on Hacker News. I'd argue that HN is a place to curate direct links to stories and discuss about them, if I want to read techcrunch I can go directly on techcrunch
The title of the page is "LeakedSource Analysis of Twitter.com Leak". I know it's the title because it's in the title tags. The appearance of banner ads is a strange criticism when comparing to a techcrunch page, which is essentially one huge ad for other tech tabloid crap.
The techcrunch article is poorly written; it implies the data may not be genuine because some guy has not confirmed that twitter has been 'breached', while at other points seems to acknowledge the most likely source for this data is malware on users' computers. Which is it?
The statements from Twitter are boilerplate garbage, unworthy of being reproduced in whole or in part.