I sympathize with why the mods changed the title from "Porn" to "Video", but now you've made it so that HN users are unwittingly clicking into an article that talks about porn, in such a way that could be detected by a workplace firewall. That's not an ideal usability decision. Why not use good ol square brackets to maintain the integrity of the title:
How I Made [Porn] Video Streaming 20x More Efficient with Python and C
>but now you've made it so that HN users are unwittingly clicking into an article that talks about porn, in such a way that could be detected by a workplace firewall.
If you get heat about things like that in your workplace, then run, don't walk.
I think your sympathy is overapplied here... that's very clearly an important bit of information for anyone considering clicking on this link. Thanks for putting the warning up for those of us who would not otherwise have known thanks to a poor title edit.
I don't mean to be a hardass, but... citation needed.
Seriously, we have no data on the number of mod edits made vs. complaints voiced. As such it seems premature to conclude that mods mostly do a good job with these arbitrary edits.
How I Made [Porn] Video Streaming 20x More Efficient with Python and C