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If adding the year to every post that's not "news" is to become a convention, it should be added to the guidelines. I doubt this is going to happen because, rea
by theoh 12y ago
If adding the year to every post that's not "news" is to become a convention, it should be added to the guidelines. I doubt this is going to happen because, really, what difference does it make for an article like this?
- jonsen 12y agogetyearofpost() should never be used to measure timeliness
- thomashabets2 12y agoHa! Indeed. I'll go back and update posts if they are no longer true. /Author
- brianshaler 12y agoOn articles more than a year old, I find the year helps me know at a glance if a familiar sounding title is something I've read before or fresh content with the coincidentally familiar headline.
- wmf 12y agoOld posts tend to contain outdated information, although I don't think that's the case here. The real issue is that almost every old post has already been discussed on HN previously, and posting it again just wastes time by restarting the discussion from scratch.