[TomasSedovic]

When I'm writing this, most of the articles on the top HN page are from today or yesterday. The rest are a few days old, a month tops.

And then there is this one and some other that's from 2007.

I think that's pretty much a good ratio. I'm sorry that you've read this particular article already but sticking just to a new content wouldn't completely solve that anyway (unless Hacker News is your only source).

Personally, I've found the log both fascinating and illuminating. And for the record, I honestly didn't even know I should "have an interest in the rise and fall of Netscape". Maybe a critical flaw on my part, but there you go.

I haven't found this article 5 years ago because I didn't know I was supposed to be looking for it.

You can never fill Hacker News in a way that would please everyone and where all the articles would be fresh and worth reading. As long as there's a decent quality threshold and a sensible new/old ratio, it's all right.