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PLEASE can we get this? | HERE'S SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO SEE; THE ACTUAL DATE A MEME WAS CREATED INSTEAD OF THE AMBIGUOUS "3 YEARS AGO" | image tagged in lightbulb,imgflip | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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1 up, 5y,
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I've seen this on more and more sites as the internet grew, and the reason why was easy. Too many complaints about dates and times not being right due to... Time zones. When it's 6 p.m. in the east side of the U.S. in my own time zone it's either mid-night or close to that, and there are even places at the world were the time difference is more than 24 hours. In order to cover that all up more and more sites began to replace their exact date and time system with 5 seconds ago to 3 years ago... After all if I posted a meme 5 minutes ago, then no matter if you are in Amsterdam, New York or Sidney, 5 minutes is then still accurate.
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It should go off the time zone in which the meme was created. It wouldn't be that much off if you really think about it. Especially when the meme is a year old or more. The meme could be 1 year, 11 months old and it would say one year old.
1 up, 5y
Yeah, sometimes a bit more precision could be desirable. Still I think that x hours/months/years/whatever ago is at least a good way to battle the time zone issue
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HERE'S SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO SEE; THE ACTUAL DATE A MEME WAS CREATED INSTEAD OF THE AMBIGUOUS "3 YEARS AGO"