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[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 61 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Unpopular opinion, but the extra "iss" is unnecessary for reading the word, and with this being a newspaper article they have limited headline space.

Clearly this is just efficient debloating of the article title.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 year ago

tl;dr bot out here taking jobs from journalists

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Also, it’s great for grabbing people’s attention. Exactly the purpose of a headline.

[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Think of all the ink they're saving! The ink is how they usually get you.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

HP has been running this scam since Gutenberg.