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[–] towerful@programming.dev 37 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

"Book from a whistleblower - titled 'Meta' - that was declined from being promoted is now a best seller on Amazon"

Sometimes I hate the whole "proper prose title" that articles use

Edit:
Perhaps it's "Book from whistleblower that Meta blocked from being promoted is now a best seller on Amazon".
I didn't read the article. The title broke my brain

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Heck, prose aside, is there something wrong with commas?

[–] OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

It's just that punctuation is not meant to be used in titles.

English has a bunch of weird rules.

[–] slartibartfast@feddit.uk 3 points 3 days ago

Those are used to replace "and" obviously.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 14 points 3 days ago (2 children)

"Book from a whistleblower - titled 'Meta' - that was declined from being promoted is now a best seller on Amazon"

No? "Book from a whistleblower that Meta blocked from being promoted is now a best seller on Amazon ".

[–] brb 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Book from a whistleblower, that Meta blocked from being promoted, is now a best seller on Amazon

[–] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Book from a whistleblower—which Meta blocked from being promoted—is now a best seller on Amazon.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Meta promotes books?
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