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We should really encourage eachother to put the date in the title when submitting old articles to HN. It's a total brainf*k to read through the entire article,
by famousactress 16y ago
We should really encourage eachother to put the date in the title when submitting old articles to HN. It's a total brainf*k to read through the entire article, and not realize the context it was in.. or to just glance at the title and assume the topic is a current one. Just saying.
[Edit] Not that I have a problem with older posts, btw.. I actually really like them most of the time. But the date would give everyone a better opportunity to evaluate whether they want to read the article, and would be reading it with reasonable context.
- oinksoft 16y agoDate: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 20:28:16 -0700
- famousactress 16y agoSorry if I wasn't clear. Of course I can click through and check the date. I'm just suggesting that since HN is generally a news site that the general expectation is that the articles posted will be current, and I think it'd be handy if we tried to call out dates in the title when posting old stuff. My original comment's relatively well upvoted now also, so I don't think I'm alone.
- lambda 16y agoIs it just me, or does the title say (2002) to give you context?
- famousactress 16y agoThat was added later (presumably in response to this comment).