Current Situation In an effort to avoid posting duplicate articles, some older articles have been posted. Sometimes these articles contain out-dated information which is no longer accurate - sharing misinformation. Sometimes sources like BSC News 'edit' or 'republish' their stories as to get them back on recent search requests.
Proposal Moderation and removal of link posts which are over 7 days old, from the time of posting.
Reasoning EthTrader should be place where on-topic and up to date links are presented, not articles which are months, or even years old.
Clarification This does not mean link posts get deleted if they are 7 days old. For example, if Today is the 17th of July, an article published on the 10th of July is eligible. However, and article published from 9th of July or earlier will be removed, if posted on the 17th.
This applies to the date the article was published, not edited. As some sources like BSC News "edit" old articles to make them trend for more traffic
This also does not mean that old stories can not be posted. But if a user wants to share an old story, it should be posted as a text post, with added discussion and relevance as to why an old article is brought up.
PRO To maintain and improve content standards by the sharing of current information
CON Users will need to double check that their story is up to date
The choices are: [YES]
[NO]
[ABSTAIN]