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Am I the only one that seems to have an issue with blogs and the inconsistent way you go from the main page back to older stories?  It drives me crazy.

WordPress-type sites use the terms “Previous entries” and “Next Entries.”  Previous entries sort of makes sense… go back to previous entries.  But previous meaning previously posted, or previous to what you were just reading?

Kotaku uses the word “Next” to mean “go back to older entries” and “Previous” to mean “look at newer entries.  Completely the opposite.  Joystiq, a Kotaku competitor, does the same.

Destructoid has the most sensible approach, using “Ye Older Stories” for older entries, and “MOAR!!1!! NEW STORIES >> (you just saw them)” for newer entries.  Can’t we come up with one standard way?!!?  Like Destructoid uses, isn’t “older” and “newer” waaaaay more descriptive and less confusing??

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