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 orderWow, this is a blast from the past! I haven't touched nor done anything on Friendica since like 2014/2015! (Yes, this is one of the grand daddy of the original fediverse social platforms before the name "fediverse" was even a thing...like Gnu Social and status.net old!) Good on them that they're still going strong!
This is yet another platform solution. The problem with platform solutions is that they still present one and only one choice of software. Decentralized systems can only take off if they are built around standardized protocols - this is why email works. The choice of smtp servers to run, email clients to choose from, that's what's making it resilient. Ideas like ActivityPub, webmentions, microsub, micropub, while not strictly protocols - all on top of HTTP - could allow us to…
I like the idea, but the screenshots (which were, perhaps by design, hidden behind a link) aren’t exactly compelling. It has that mid-2010s open source minimum-viable-website look
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
- 308
- Total comments
- 196
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-05 | Friendica – A Decentralized Social NetworkFirst breakout | awiesenhofer | 134 | 137 |
| 2021-02-12 | Friendica – A Decentralized Social Network | bdeshi | 3 | 0 |
| 2022-08-06 | Friendica – A Decentralized Social Network | yamrzou | 4 | 1 |
| 2022-11-07 | Friendica: A Decentralized Social Network | doener | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-04-05 | Friendica – A Decentralized Social NetworkHall induction · Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | janandonly | 166 | 58 |