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 orderChekhov Gun discussions always remind me of this Vonnegut passage: "I had no respect whatsoever for the creative works of either the painter or the novelist. I thought Karabekian with his meaningless pictures had entered into a conspiracy with millionaires to make poor people feel stupid. I thought Beatrice Keedsler had joined hands with other old-fashioned storytellers to make people believe that life had leading characters, minor characters, significant details, insignificant details, that it had lessons to be…
Well, if you want a much more in-depth discussion (at least if you follow the links...) with examples than Wikipedia, you could do a lot worse than checking tvtropes.org.[1] P.S. Sorry in advance for the loss in productivity to anyone that clicks though and doesn't know what they're in for... 1: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChekhovsGun
See also: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChekhovsGun
Please don't editorialize the titles of articles you submit to HN.
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
- 366
- Total comments
- 253
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-13 | Chekhov's gun | tchajed | 11 | 8 |
| 2015-06-16 | Chekhov's gun | SocksCanClose | 1 | 1 |
| 2020-05-14 | Chekhov's GunFirst breakout | void_nill | 93 | 72 |
| 2021-09-05 | Chekhov's GunBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | thunderbong | 257 | 172 |
| 2022-12-20 | Chekhov's Gun | Brajeshwar | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-12-02 | Chekhov's Gun | the-mitr | 3 | 0 |