Here's a misleading title.

[NeoCracker]

What are your thoughts on misleading titles?

Should they be changed to suite the actual topic of the thread, or does changing them ruin the flavor they may have had?

My thoughts? I don't really care. I'm just bored and killing time before work.

[Quindiana Jones]

I don't see the point in changing them, to be honest. If you click it ans it's not what you expected, click away.

[Rye]

I love surprises!

[Freya]

It's like a hook in a newspaper! It's vaguely what the topic is but it hooks you in so you can't leave a boring article/thread.

"OHHH you're already interested, read the rest of the thread!"

[Yar]

I'm still upset at someone changing Shiny's birthday thread title.

[Meat Puppet]

Bonus points if your title tricks someone into posting off-topic.

[Vermachtnis]

I won't click it if it's boring.

[rubah]

I like to change boring thread titles to be misleading

[Breine]

I love surprises!

Aye.

[Formalhaut]

I love surprises!

Aye.

Aye Aye.

[Blue Harvest]

I love surprises!

Aye.

Aye Aye.

Aye x3.

[Peegee]

I used to make thread topics that had nothing to do with anything.

Eventually the mods started changing my thread topics for me, and I think I got an un-official warning.

So...

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Should they be changed to suit the actual topic of the thread,

Yes. (I usually don't bother, though.)

[Madonna]

Should they be changed to suite the actual topic of the thread,

No. (Why mess with the author's intent?)

[Jessweeee♪]

I don't mind. It only bothers me on Myspace when someone titles a bulletin like "I'm engaged :</>D!" and it turns out to be a chain bulletin. However that can be fixed by getting better friends.