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The year tags can and do go on anything, they're more for the readers than as some sort of commentary on the timeliness or lack thereof of the content. I think
by pvg 5y ago
The year tags can and do go on anything, they're more for the readers than as some sort of commentary on the timeliness or lack thereof of the content. I think lots of people just find them handy to easily distinguish recent from not-so-recent stuff, as a very basic use case.
- onionisafruit 5y agoI’ve been curious what the oldest year tag applied on HN is.
- Tomte 5y agoMine is this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22005431 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22005431 (1539).