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 orderAm I allowed to plug my own site? The old web is still around - you just need to dig through more new web to find it. I run my site through a few Gulp tasks to minimize files and provide security-integrity checks for my CSS - but otherwise it is all hand written HTML. Every page begins with copy/pasting another page and changing out the content by hand. I've noticed in the last few years the articles about the…
Reference sites still exist, Wikipedia isn't organized by reverse-chronological and MediaWiki is a far more formidable CMS than MT ever was. Same goes for ReadTheDocs, Sphinx, Jekyll, Hugo, or any number of static site generators that power the infinite libraries of documentation, reference material, and personal sites on the web. What the author is bemoaning is the loss of the eclectic, bespoke, personal-style of homepage that existed in the early web. These sites still exist of course, they're just a…
What a fun stroll down memory lane.
But what about what broke blogs?
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
- 477
- Total comments
- 253
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-30 | How the Blog Broke the Web | dredmorbius | 16 | 0 |
| 2018-07-06 | How the Blog Broke the WebFirst breakout · Best thread | tempodox | 230 | 128 |
| 2020-07-02 | How the Blog Broke the Web | pmlnr | 1 | 0 |
| 2021-04-08 | How the Blog Broke the Web (2017) | avery42 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021-10-29 | How the Blog Broke the Web (2017) | ecliptik | 2 | 0 |
| 2022-03-11 | How the Blog Broke the Web | susam | 17 | 1 |
| 2022-06-18 | How the Blog Broke the Web | ingve | 11 | 1 |
| 2023-01-06 | How the Blog Broke the Web | marbu | 6 | 7 |
| 2023-01-15 | How Blogs Broke the WebHall induction · Latest 20+ point return | sph | 191 | 116 |