Should we remove the time stamp from our post? Who should decide that? The writer or you as the reader?
The writers’ obviously not wrote the blog post for the purpose of his own reading (which always true), then you as the reader will have to make that decision.
Does a date make the post less important or less significant to you?
It’s a fast changing world. You got “4 minutes” to save the world thing.
One year old post became irrelevant. More so obvious if related to fast paced technology and you’re on the fast lane. “Tick Tock Tick Tock”.
Definition of significant old post then define by their usage.
Old post used for comparison, between months, year down to the minutes or day comparison. In appreciating past achievement or creation then an old post became important. Because for all condition it will remain the same. which is similar to what Darren Rowse.
Date represent freshness, reference, creadibility and at the same time a sense of urgency.
When you read Dr Edward De Bono, The Six Thinking Hat, Dr Bono put time and date, his reason to create a sense of urgency.
Hueraca think date served as a point of reference since time and date part our life that we carried from traditional media. You will be hard press to find date stamp. As if the sky is failing.
Darren also think sometimes dates stamp associates with freshness. Old date flag non-freshness content. That date stamp served as major disadvantage to blogger who didn’t recycle their ideas.
So what your decision?
The decision to put date or not, become as one of the initial design decision. That decision will be fall upon the blogger shoulder, that would be me. But the decision weather the post is significant or not fall on the reader, that would be you. Of course their is a way to hack WP not to pose a date on all post or only on single post.
But as a reader, can you decide?
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