Bring back timestamps?
No, I like the cleanliness of the design and the concept37%
Yes, but limited to the post’s page and for historical posts44%
Yes, everywhere, I can’t live without them19%
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creator of textlog:
Follow your gut on this one... goes to the restroom...
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creator of textlogcontinued:
Trying out an approximate time approach but limited to the post’s page.
User chanux on HN made a very good point and convinced me to at least bring some context when needed (but without bloating the UI unnecessarily).
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creator of textlog:
No
Finally some breathing room for the brain ;)
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creator of textlog:
Another use-case for timestamps - showing how often someone posts, and how recently they were active. I want to be able to send my friends a link to my user page and say "follow me here for random thoughts". Odds are they're not going to create an account, but they might bookmark it and check for updates from time to time. Timestamps will tell them whether it's worthwhile to do this.
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creator of textlog:
Please no.
This place is special as it is.
@pcprofileenter to followcontinued:
Why not replace them with humanized time periods:
"Just now"
"A little while ago"
"A long time ago"
etc.
@sodapopcanprofileenter to followMillenial/Xenial who used to be really excited about programming.replied to@pcprofileenter to follow:
Yes! I made a similar suggestion on HN, though like your labels better. I was thinking a bit more on it that after "just now" and a hypothetical "new" that the timestamp could disappear so long as there has been a response within X amount of time, for example, after 2 months. After this time period it could start saying things like, "a while ago," "quite a while ago," and "a long time ago" based on (for example) 1 years ago, 2 years ago, > 2 years ago.
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creator of textlogreplied to@sodapopcanprofileenter to followMillenial/Xenial who used to be really excited about programming.:
That’s what we do now. In the post pages there is approximate time with more precise hover informtaion for older posts, so there is context. Also when a post is unread it will show these approximate times so again you can tell when they were written roughly.