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 orderReading this felt like a trip through a portal into the nascent Internet in late 90s. I hope this never goes down.
There's a great little Easter Egg if you view source: > <!-- Okay, if you really want to see a photo of my cat and have resorted to looking at the source HTML, here is a photo: https://gail.com/boxcat.jpg -->
Also interesting in this space.... Microsoft vs a High School Kid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_vs._MikeRoweSoft Google fails to win dispute for oogle.com: http://blog.dnattorney.com/2012/07/google-loses-ooglecom-dom... Julia Roberts gets control of her namesake domain, but Bruce Springsteen does not: http://www.ivanhoffman.com/bruce.html
When your blog is getting beat by a typo website to the tune of thousands of visitors a day... I love old-style internet websites like this. It makes me happy they haven't sold it and share some of the numbers.
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
- 2031
- Total comments
- 480
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-08 | Gail.com FAQ | kohanz | 1 | 0 |
| 2017-03-08 | Gail, not GmailFirst breakout | rcach001 | 505 | 154 |
| 2019-02-12 | Gail.com FAQ | Amorymeltzer | 2 | 0 |
| 2019-09-12 | Gail.com FAQ | weatherlight | 10 | 0 |
| 2019-12-22 | Gail.com | vermilingua | 36 | 9 |
| 2021-07-22 | The Gail.com FAQ | vector_spaces | 3 | 0 |
| 2021-07-22 | Gail.com | bmmayer1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021-07-23 | Gail.com FAQ | teddyh | 1 | 0 |
| 2021-07-26 | Where mis-addressed g(m)ail emails are directed | pratyusharma | 5 | 1 |
| 2021-08-24 | Gail.comHall induction | isomorph | 525 | 107 |
| 2023-01-09 | Gail.com FAQBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | weatherlight | 926 | 209 |
| 2024-08-18 | Gail.com FAQ | OuterVale | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-09-11 | Gail.com | vvilliamperez | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-01-15 | Gail.com | RyanShook | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-03-27 | Gail.com | HughParry | 8 | 0 |