Comment by jkingsman 7 hours ago
Feels like this title could benefit from clarification that 'Massive Attack' refers to the band and not the concept of a large scale attack; perhaps "Band 'Massive Attack' Turns Concert into Facial Recognition Surveillance Experiment"
I unironically thought this was going to be about a recent terrorist attack on a concert.
Ya same, I thought they had footage during an attack, and now had to do facial recognition to determine the perpetrators or victims
My read was "cyber attack". I had to do some backtracking and context lookups to get the right parse.
Just as in Wayne's World, where the band being referred to was The Shitty Beetles, "It's not just a clever name!"
Why suggest that headlines should have enough detail to prevent people from reading the article and gaining a fuller understanding of the material? The problem isn't that headlines don't have enough details, it's that people want to or already do treat them like the full story and never have to learn anything nuanced therein.
The purpose of a headline, at least in an ideal world, is to tell you whether the article's topic is relevant to your interests. That's all that's being asked for here. Being able to properly parse the headline is a good start.
Anyone who’s seen The Matrix has been exposed to Massive Attack in one of the most famous scenes from the movie:
https://youtu.be/6IDT3MpSCKI
In fact, I recall many songs from the Matrix being played nonstop back in my gamer IRC days. Maybe even by others than just me