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Depends on the application and your personal preference. It's way "faster" for me to see a HN comment was posted "1 hour ago" than it is for me to see the absol
by buzzerbetrayed 2y ago
Depends on the application and your personal preference. It's way "faster" for me to see a HN comment was posted "1 hour ago" than it is for me to see the absolute time string and do the math myself. Further, I don't care about the exact time a HN comment was made. I care about roughly how long ago it was posted so I know if the conversation is still going.
- teytra 2y agoBut if exact dates/time is shown you have the possibility to mentally subtract one hour from what the time is, and look for that. With 1 hour/week/month/year you cannot go the other way, it is too vague. But web pages and apps should provide a quick and easy way of changing between the too formats.
- fuzztester 2y agoyes, that's exactly what I said here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41039675 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41039675
- fuzztester 2y ago>With 1 hour/week/month/year you cannot go the other way, it is too vague. It's not just too vague, it's impossible in general. think about it, first, those who disagree.