# Misinterpreted thread titles

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 17, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360 "2023-01-17T17:58:45Z")\
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This one **[Help me find a photographer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-photographer/1026819)** is an example of unskilled title-writing.

They’re not looking to hire a photographer to shoot some event or portrait for them. Which is what I thought. And probably most of you.

What they meant was “Help me find the artist who shot this particular obscure photograph”.

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