A bot that tweets anonymous Wikipedia edits from IP addresses in the US Congress
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2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderSome of these are pretty funny. Apparently someone in the House of Representatives is a huge Carly Rae Jepsen fan: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=800487966&oldid=79...
This feels like christmas morning. And because it's wikipedia, we can harvest this data all the way back in time!
Interesting to see that someone in Congress (or more likely one of their employees or interns) has taken the time to edit the Wikipedia entry on Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer: https://twitter.com/congressedits/status/674985183204913153
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 303
- Total comments
- 71
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-07-11 | Twitter bot that tweets Wikipedia edits made from IP addresses of CongressFirst breakout | frostmatthew | 128 | 20 |
| 2016-01-04 | CongressEdits | vinchuco | 2 | 1 |
| 2017-10-12 | A bot that tweets anonymous Wikipedia edits from IP addresses in the US CongressBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | DyslexicAtheist | 173 | 50 |