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 orderI was expecting something like Hi! Thanks for visiting us. Feel free to look around in: /accounts/o8/id /ads/preferences/html/ /ads/preferences/plugin /alerts/manage /books/about /booksrightsholders /globalmarketfinder/*.html [snip] Please stay out of: /accounts/o8 /aclk /addurl/image? /ads/preferences/ /advanced_blog_search /advanced_group_search /adwordsresellers /alerts/ /analytics/admin/ [snip]
humans.txt: everyone: don't poke around /admin don't look in /cgi-bin don't put javascript into the form fields don't make your username look like valid SQL users: don't try to access IDs that you don't own always trust emails that appear to be from us don't look at /pricing#fine_print hackers and security researchers: please stay away lawyers: don't look too closely at /eula employees: don't look at other companies' job postings don't talk about your salary competitors: don't copy us don't…
Feels weird to see this. How long has it been there? It very much reflects early Google culture and is so, so dissonant with contemporary Google. Reminds me of Ask Jeeves's "THE ALGORITHM IS FROM NEW JERSEY", "THE ALGORITHM CONSTANTLY FINDS JESUS" etc from the same era early Google culture came from
New to me & a nice touch from a company that can seem cold
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
- 584
- Total comments
- 150
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-05-06 | Google humans.txtFirst breakout · Best thread | Anon84 | 358 | 57 |
| 2014-02-23 | Google's human.txt | hasanatkazmi | 1 | 0 |
| 2016-04-14 | google.com/humans.txtLatest 20+ point return | netgusto | 205 | 87 |
| 2022-11-25 | Google.com/Humans.txt | nateb2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024-07-22 | Humans.txtHall induction | reaperducer | 17 | 4 |
| 2025-09-25 | /Humans.txt | gone35 | 2 | 1 |