Submission timeline
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 orderSee previous discussion from 2017: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15611122
These days it's more 'No, you can't use this site on your more-than-capable mobile device. Download our app instead! We want to run native code on your device to harvest even more data, and we want to make sure you don't block our ads!'
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
- 468
- Total comments
- 194
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-05-28 | Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web (2017)First breakout · Best thread | stargrave | 353 | 163 |
| 2021-12-11 | Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web | brokebroadbeat | 3 | 0 |
| 2022-02-15 | Against an increasingly user-hostile web (2017)Latest 20+ point return | legrande | 109 | 31 |
| 2026-06-05 | Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web (2017) | arunc | 3 | 0 |