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comment by jinxedlinxed
jinxedlinxed  ·  3455 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How can I tell the age of a post?

In your settings > display post time in feeds > on.

Should appear after the username. (:





Magnnus  ·  3455 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thank you! I really feel this should be the default. If only because this is the standard, and the website feels somewhat alien without any time stamps.

thenewgreen  ·  3455 days ago  ·  link  ·  

We chose not to make it the default so that people are not discouraged from commenting on old posts. On Hubski it is not unusual for discussions to go in for days, weeks and even months.

Magnnus  ·  3454 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That makes sense. For myself, I'll turn on time stamps, because a lot of the content I follow is time sensitive. Such as new technology and academic advancements. It is probably worth making the option more visible somehow. Such as putting it in the faq or somewhere in the website introduction / tutorial.

insomniasexx  ·  3454 days ago  ·  link  ·  

If you comment on an older post, it gets reinjected into the feed. While it is useful for breaking news or the latest tech, I would recommend you comment on other older posts that aren't time sensitive. I always love it when I see an old post come back to life.

In fact, I also love it when old "latest tech" posts come back to life as it often gives an interesting perspective:

thenewgreen  ·  3454 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Good points, thanks Magnnus.

aeromill  ·  3454 days ago  ·  link  ·  

If you put it that way it makes total sense. I think I'm going to keep my time stamps off then.