I once wrote an article about salary negotiation. If you go by the numbers, it created more value for more people than any other single thing I've ever written. (I keep a label in Gmail for when folks tell me they got a raise as a direct result of advice in there. The running tally is in the high seven figures a year these days.) I think if I were to revisit the topic today I'd write substantially the same advice. However, that article has a date on it, just the fact of it having a date on it makes it less useful.
I have seen variants of the following conversation happen on Twitter / Reddit / HN / etc multiple times.
"I just got a job offer as a front-end engineer at a Valley company. How do I handle the salary negotiation?"
"Patrick wrote about that here. It is good advice."
"That looks like it was written in 2012. Do you have anything more up-to-date?"
Given this, let’s de-emphasise the date on articles.
Suggested solution
This is how I see the challenge being solved. But I’m open to your ideas!
[x] Move the metadata block to the end of the article. I.e., from here:
to here:
(Note: margin-top is 32px)
[x] Add “Author:” before “Ivan Akulov”
As we move the metadata down, it might be less clear what “Ivan Akulov” belongs to. Adding “Author:” before the link would make it obvious.
iamakulov
commented
3 years ago
Challenge
When we emphasize the publish date, the article loses its value faster than it would do it otherwise:
Given this, let’s de-emphasise the date on articles.
Suggested solution
This is how I see the challenge being solved. But I’m open to your ideas!
[x] Move the metadata block to the end of the article. I.e., from here:
to here:
(Note:
margin-topis32px)[x] Add “Author:” before “Ivan Akulov”
As we move the metadata down, it might be less clear what “Ivan Akulov” belongs to. Adding “Author:” before the link would make it obvious.