Should I repost the birthday and other date-specific posts from past years?
Today for example is Geronimo’s birthday and I have posted about him every year. Today is also the anniversary of Lincoln’s “House Divided” speech, another event I’ve posted about every June 16th.
Should I publish these posts again every year even if I don’t add anything different?
Yes, please.
YES. I think we need to be reminded of events such as the ones you mentioned every year. What about new readers or those who missed it the first (or second, third, etc.) time you posted it? And it’s not like the information is going to change very much from year to year.
Yep. I need you to remind me of these things. My memory is shot and it’s like a new post to me, anyway!
Yes.
And just think — once you have enough of these, you’ll never have to write a new post again. You can just rehash the old ones over and over.
I’ve got 13,199 posts at the moment LP. When is it I reach critical mass?
Yeah, repost them! I’ve been a regular for a while and hadn’t seen the Geronimo post until it popped up in my feed reader this morning (or course, that means I read it first, since NetVibes puts the newest posts on top).
Wow! You’ve increased from 7 regular readers to 8! That’s an increase of almost 15%. Way to go, NewMexiKen.
And, yes, I like being reminded each year of the special events that took place in the past. Otherwise, I forget about them from year to year.
Definitely. I haven’t been reading for a year yet!
Yes, please. But I think you missed postings (e.g. who was born on this date) for January 7 both this year and last year. Were you out of town?
I don’t do requests too much, but I did ask. So —
Katherine Anne Couric was 51 on January 7th and Nicholas Kim Coppola was 45. The Oscar-winner is known to us better as Nicolas Cage.
Yes, it’s good.
Yes!
Eight regular readers!! Surely you jest! Some of us read but don’t comment much.
Keep reposting significant items. Last year, I spent hours reading about Geronimo and the Apaches.
Yes — remember, it takes something like 6 repetitions for the brain to really know something.