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 order> You have insanely large pools of capital creating an incredibly inefficient money-losing business model. It's used to subsidize an untenable customer expectation. You leverage a broken workforce to minimize your genuine labor expenses. The companies unload their capital cannons on customer acquisition, while this week’s Uber-Grubhub news reminds us, the only viable endgame is a promise of monopoly concentration and increased prices. But is that even viable? Inequality is driving this. We have let money become so…
I created a DD account but never placed an order. Quite some time later, they emailed to try to convince me to place my first order — with a $35-off coupon (min $30 order). I ordered $41 of food and was stuck with a $22 bill (including a $5 tip I added). Delivery was "free" for this order. This taught me a valuable lesson: if DD sends you a coupon for less than $20, it is worth zero. If it's…
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
- 400
- Total comments
- 373
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-13 | DoorDash and Pizza Arbitrage | zorpner | 4 | 0 |
| 2022-07-13 | DoorDash and pizza arbitrage (2020)First breakout | jer0me | 191 | 230 |
| 2024-06-27 | DoorDash and Pizza Arbitrage (2020)Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | thunderbong | 204 | 142 |
| 2026-01-13 | DoorDash and Pizza Arbitrage (2020) | timvdalen | 1 | 1 |