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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, 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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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.

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Yes and I use this feature for nearly every submission.

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Maybe it should be optional.

But yes, maybe user responsibility like now is OK.