Adding Year to Titles

Users request that moderators append the original publication year to Hacker News post titles for older articles to indicate they are not new and avoid repost confusion.

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Activity Over Time

2007
1
2008
4
2009
10
2010
26
2011
31
2012
39
2013
74
2014
118
2015
129
2016
252
2017
273
2018
302
2019
302
2020
387
2021
468
2022
508
2023
532
2024
416
2025
308
2026
34

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Sample Comments

teh_klev Jul 17, 2021 View on HN

Could do with 2020 appended to the title.

lockhouse Jul 24, 2023 View on HN

Can we get a (2021) in the title?

bithavoc Mar 8, 2022 View on HN

This is from last year, it needs 2021 in the title

KerryJones Mar 6, 2025 View on HN

The title should mention this is from 2020

thenaturalist Dec 3, 2024 View on HN

This needs a 2019 in the title...

Zababa Apr 28, 2022 View on HN

Probably needs a (2020) in the title.

raziel2p Mar 20, 2022 View on HN

Could use a (2020) in the title.

loeg Oct 24, 2021 View on HN

Maybe we need a (2019) in the title.

rcarmo Oct 12, 2021 View on HN

This needs a (2020) in the title.

bobwaycott Apr 19, 2016 View on HN

Might be worth having a 2012 in the title.