If I may be pedantic for a moment, the HN guidelines only warn against "gratuitous editorial spin." I don't feel the changes were gratuitous at all because (if you look at the last sentence in the blog post) my title is clearly the point Mr. Sayrer is trying to make.

The changes were gratuitous. That's why the author didn't directly say "You're cheating".

He wanted a direct answer while at the same time giving them the benefit of the doubt.

But whatever, your mind is made up.