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The trend to remove dates from blog posts is problematic for just this reason (as well as being reader-hostile).

pc86 4y ago
I feel like words have lost all meaning when we're calling removing a date from a blog article "hostile." It's only so for non-evergreen content, anyway. There's plenty of technical content that is just as relevant today even though it was written 2, 5, 10 years ago. Edit for clarification: By no means am I saying that it's bad to have dates, or that we shouldn't have them. They make sense a lot of times, it's just kind of silly to call it hostile to the reader.
- sandyarmstrong 4y ago
  It's hostile because it removes context that can help understand the content better, and because it's typically done as an engagement trick to aid the author and their "brand". Feel free to disagree, but I don't think I'm destroying language here.
- t-3 4y ago
  Why would dates be removed from articles? (and why is this only a thing for 'news' articles and advertisements? I've never seen a personal blog without dates) The only reason I can think of is to misrepresent the content as being more up-to-date and relevant than it actually is. Useful content that doesn't go out of date would never be harmed by including one.
  - Lammy 4y ago
    > up-to-date and relevant These don't have to be synonyms.
    - t-3 4y ago
      Of course not, I wouldn't have used both if they were synonymous, that would be redundant.
      - pc86 4y ago
        Not to mention you'd be repeating yourself!
hkon 4y ago
That is so last decade. What is hot now is to make the date recent.
- sandyarmstrong 4y ago
  Ugh, get off my lawn! But yeah I've seen this too, this is where it turns from hostile to truly evil.
hkon 4y ago
That trend started the moment people started discarding content because of the date alone.
xena 4y ago
I usually put the date at the footer of the post so that people keep reading the damn post

pc86 4y ago

I feel like words have lost all meaning when we're calling removing a date from a blog article "hostile." It's only so for non-evergreen content, anyway. There's plenty of technical content that is just as relevant today even though it was written 2, 5, 10 years ago. Edit for clarification: By no means am I saying that it's bad to have dates, or that we shouldn't have them. They make sense a lot of times, it's just kind of silly to call it hostile to the reader.

sandyarmstrong 4y ago
It's hostile because it removes context that can help understand the content better, and because it's typically done as an engagement trick to aid the author and their "brand". Feel free to disagree, but I don't think I'm destroying language here.
t-3 4y ago
Why would dates be removed from articles? (and why is this only a thing for 'news' articles and advertisements? I've never seen a personal blog without dates) The only reason I can think of is to misrepresent the content as being more up-to-date and relevant than it actually is. Useful content that doesn't go out of date would never be harmed by including one.
- Lammy 4y ago
  > up-to-date and relevant These don't have to be synonyms.
  - t-3 4y ago
    Of course not, I wouldn't have used both if they were synonymous, that would be redundant.
    - pc86 4y ago
      Not to mention you'd be repeating yourself!

hkon 4y ago

That is so last decade. What is hot now is to make the date recent.

sandyarmstrong 4y ago
Ugh, get off my lawn! But yeah I've seen this too, this is where it turns from hostile to truly evil.

hkon 4y ago

That trend started the moment people started discarding content because of the date alone.

xena 4y ago

I usually put the date at the footer of the post so that people keep reading the damn post