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 orderThis is great. I tried to hack the progress by automating clicks, using: let button = document.getElementsByClassName('button')[0] Array(100000).fill(undefined).forEach(() => button.click()) In response, I got the following log message: > Such a smart subject.
I've always added analytics scripts on websites I worked on. It was second nature for me. Then when I got my own start up, I didn't just add regular analytics but one that tracks mouse movements so you can watch sessions back like a video [0]. I told a friend about my start up and she jumped on it immediately. I opened the tool and watched her interaction. Then I told her "oh so you opened the dev tools" She…
I think this website is a good a argument that browsers give way too much data. Luckily brave obfuscates phone model, cpu and so on.
very strange
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
- 3
- Total points
- 1616
- Total comments
- 377
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-17 | Browser fingerprinting in real time | glenscott1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018-12-08 | Click click click - A browser-based game on online profiling. | octosphere | 13 | 1 |
| 2020-10-21 | This Website uses cookies and a button to find stuff about you | parisianka | 3 | 0 |
| 2021-03-19 | ClickFirst breakout · Best thread | st_goliath | 1100 | 242 |
| 2023-05-06 | Click Click ClickHall induction | JetSpiegel | 129 | 35 |
| 2026-05-18 | ClickLatest 20+ point return | andrewzeno | 370 | 99 |