"Became" doesn't add much -> "Gothic architecture spooky"

"Gothic architecture" and "spooky" is basically synonymous -> "Spooky!"

Why use word when emoji do trick? -> U+1F47B

Could be worse. At one point SomethingAwful would ban/probate you if you made a thread where the subject started with the word "So".

Glad to hear I'm not the only one with that pet peeve. It's the paragraph-starting equivalent to sprinkling in "like" everywhere in spoken language.

Or chose the hot tag

Usually it’s a good move for articles but for this title, it’s a bit distortive to the point of HN selfparody

Thinking that you can just edit any title by applying a regex is a sign of hubris, doing it automatically and silently is an arrogant affront. Not to mention it contradicts HN's own guideline that says you should keep original titles intact. It's a title mutilator.

Do you have examples where it's good to cut out "how" from the title? I can't believe that it's helpful.

This is intended to hobble clickbite titles and not to help anyone else. Not always ideal, but I actually like it for the most part.