Because even people who never heard of it would assume this is happening now. We are the cutting edge of a lot of info as we parse through it and stay alert, so seeing old content not marked and passing as current is a detractor.
Just mention the date in the title if it's not current. With historical things, it's obvious, but with things that happened months or a year+ ago, it rubs the wrong way.
Would you post an article about airplanes requiring masks from 2020 even after they removed their mandates?
Because even people who never heard of it would assume this is happening now. We are the cutting edge of a lot of info as we parse through it and stay alert, so seeing old content not marked and passing as current is a detractor.
Just mention the date in the title if it's not current. With historical things, it's obvious, but with things that happened months or a year+ ago, it rubs the wrong way.
Would you post an article about airplanes requiring masks from 2020 even after they removed their mandates?