See, I take the opposite view for the same reason. I see the contextual information like date as informative in my own posts and in others. An outrageous post l

See, I take the opposite view for the same reason. I see the contextual information like date as informative in my own posts and in others. An outrageous post looks less outrageous posted in a time when our knowledge of the world was different. Insight that's on the mark is that much more prescient if someone made it well before anyone else saw that same insight. I think there are probably good reasons not to provide context for your posts, just like there are times that it makes more sense to post anonymously (or pseudonymously), but I don't think this post makes a good case for removing context like post date by default.