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Have I Been Pwned owner, pwned. (htxt.co.za)
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  • A jetlagged Troy Hunt accidentally clicked a link and logged into an account only to realise he had been phished.
  • Despite reacting quickly, attackers were able to export a mailing list for Hunt’s personal blog.
  • Hunt has detailed the attack and warned his subscribers in a timely fashion.
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[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago

Why is there a comma in the, title?

[-] sem 19 points 5 days ago

It indicates a pause, and a separation of the two objects in the sentence. It is a subtly different sentence than "Have I been Pwned owner Pwned", and is clearer with greater emphasis on what happened.

[-] merde@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago

wouldn't it be clearer with

  • "Have I Been Pwned" owner pwned.

  • Owner of "Have I Been Pwned" pwned.

?

[-] nyan@lemmy.cafe 6 points 5 days ago

Clarity is not normally something headlines are all that concerned with (some are intentionally opaque, but this one is just joking around). Anyway, I think the "[foo], [bar]ed" structure was a lot more common some decades before the Internet—I had no trouble parsing it, but this marks the first time in a while that I've seen it, and I can see how it might be unfamiliar to some audiences.

[-] sem 2 points 5 days ago

I'd argue that the original is clearer and more fun than these, but style is subjective.

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago

It feels awkward to me. I don't think it's grammatically correct. To me, it doesn't add any clarity, especially when the comma could've been the word "got" or something, lol

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 days ago

Headlines are generally pretty flexible with grammar, because a good headline is supposed to be terse.

I think it's fine.

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

I think a professional headline would usually just lack the comma there. Headlines typically have weird phrasing (due to their terseness), but they're generally still grammatically sound.

I think "HackerNews owner hacked" would be a headline, rather than "HackerNews owner, hacked".

"Have I Been Pwned owner pwned" seems to be on par with "Headline English" to me

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