This is obviously some strange use of the word "new" that I wasn't previously aware of

[+Gill & Tony]

I received the newsletter today and saw a link to "New geocaches near you", so I clicked it.  212 caches were listed.  Wow, I wouldn't have thought that!

 

So I had a look.

 

Of those only 6 were placed in the past 6 months and 25 were placed within the past 12 months.  66 were placed more than 10 years ago and 5 placed more than 20 years ago!

 

What a waste of time.

[+lee737]

There is no age-discrimination here!

 

[+barefootjeff]

I've fared a bit better, 49 were placed this year although two of those were mine. It looks like it just lists all unfound caches within 48.28km (I guess that's some round number in miles) and sorted by placed date. Most of the ones in my list are in Sydney but looking at it reminded me of a few I should have a go at sometime.

 

Edit: it looks like it also includes caches I've found. Odd.

Edited March 19 by barefootjeff

[+MartyBartfast]

I clicked it and it returns 11,388 caches for me! Looking at the search criteria it's everything within 30miles of home, including ones I've found.

[+thebruce0]

Proximity search sorted by newest first. Results - dynamic, email text - static.  'New' could mean caches you haven't looked at yet. Could be in an area with nothing published in the last 6 months.  So much variance in the results and local region that I wouldn't take "new caches" literally true in a single inferred sense for every person who gets the newsletters

But, it would be more consistent and true if it were worded something like "Latest caches" or "Most recent published caches" instead of "new"

[+Gill & Tony]

The link uses the words new and near.

 

They have a distance filter (30 miles) so why not add a date filter?  New might equal something like:

Since the last newsletter

In the last month or 3 months or whatever they deem appropriate.

 

Or just remove the word new. 

[+fuzziebear3]

I miss the days when the weekly email actually had personalized information, and actually listed new caches and upcoming events near your home coordinates.

 

[+Tungstène]

15 hours ago, fuzziebear3 said:

I miss the days when the weekly email actually had personalized information, and actually listed new caches and upcoming events near your home coordinates.

 

Yes! It was really useful and interesting.