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I don't get your last point though, I think publication date & author are pretty obviously at the top.
by c1sc0 15y ago
I don't get your last point though, I think publication date & author are pretty obviously at the top.
- pasbesoin 15y agoI was speaking generally, not to you specifically. A lot of blog posts, and more and more ostensible news articles, are placing date/time and author at the end of the post ("below the fold"), if providing them at all (i.e. not always). Others on HN have commented on this, as well. It's an annoying distraction when a non-specific title leads e.g. to year old news that they've already absorbed and dealt with. Combine this with a "story" that withholds this and other pertinent details until e.g. paragraph 12, and such readers begin to get annoyed. Again, this wasn't addressed to your post, where both author and date are/were "above the fold". I'll qualify myself, again: I don't typically write copy, and my comments reflect my personal attitude and desire. They may or may not reflect what is currently considered to be desired/successful copywriting, per the Internet du jour.