Old Article Dates

Commenters highlight that the submitted article is outdated, frequently pointing out its publication date from years ago and expressing surprise at its recency assumption. Discussions focus on the age of the content rather than its topic.

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Activity Over Time

2007
17
2008
54
2009
102
2010
126
2011
118
2012
186
2013
201
2014
185
2015
228
2016
260
2017
258
2018
257
2019
308
2020
286
2021
342
2022
323
2023
355
2024
278
2025
254
2026
20

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Sample Comments

circularfoyers May 8, 2023 View on HN

That's an article from 2006...

ManuelKiessling Jul 18, 2021 View on HN

Ah, sorry, I falsely assumed it’s a very recent article and didn’t check its date.

LyndsySimon Nov 6, 2017 View on HN

That's a year old article, FYI.

kencausey Apr 2, 2020 View on HN

Did you notice that this article is from 2014?

alextingle Jan 18, 2024 View on HN

I was expecting this article to be from 2010 or something.

ykl Apr 16, 2015 View on HN

Wait, this article is from a year ago.

thatwasunusual Jun 4, 2021 View on HN

Should be mentioned that the article is more than a year old.

jmdeschamps Jan 9, 2024 View on HN

Maybe the article should be dated "January 9, 2024" ??? (or is it really a year old article?)

rightbyte Feb 24, 2023 View on HN

The article is years old though.

frasermarlow Jul 3, 2024 View on HN

In case it's unclear, this article is a year old.