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If titles grabbed from URLs get put inside quotation marks (“, ”) by default, it becomes more apparent that the title , but grabbed from the external website.

Of course, one can add quotation marks manually, but most users will not bother to do so.

I know, it is rather trivial to users who are familiar with news aggregators, but still worth a thought.

If titles grabbed from URLs get put inside quotation marks (`“`, `”`) by default, it becomes more apparent that the title [was not written by the submitter](https://poal.co/s/TellPoal/164952), but grabbed from the external website. Of course, one can add quotation marks manually, but most users will not bother to do so. I know, it is rather trivial to users who are familiar with news aggregators, but still worth a thought.

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Ugh, this would annoy me

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Why? Is it better without quotation marks?

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The occasion where I would want them is rare, most of the time I would have to manually remove them.

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But my suggestion was only for grabbed titles. Those grabbed from external URLs.