I'm new to Hashnode, so apologies if this is already in place but I missed it while looking at examples.
Because of how quickly frameworks and technologies change, one important aspect of technical posts/articles I look for is when it was written.
A recently published post is likely to include up-to-date technical details, while one published a year ago may not have aged well. I catch myself unconsciously factoring the age of the post into whether I should invest my time reading it or not.
However, if the writer was careful to go back and update the article to remain current, it's possible the post is more complete and valuable than the newer one.
For that reason, if a post has been updated after its original publication date, I would like to see either:
I think having both dates recorded would be valuable metadata to retain, so my preference would be #1.
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Miguel Brito
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I second this. It's also good for SEO. I've updated some of my articles but Google only shows the published date. When you have modified date properly set, the results will always appear as fresh for Google.