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 hate the expression "ahead of its time", but I do feel like Shoutcast in Winamp was way ahead of its time. I was watching live video streams from random people for years before I had ever heard of Twitch, on a fairly crappy internet connection. AOL really did them a disservice.
From my memory as a kid.. I remember winamp was amazing. I had many skins and it was all beautifully hooked up in my IRC client. And then, at some points, the UX completely changed. It also started being spammy. Almost like the project was sold to some incompetent people. Then I felt like it lost its magic. It also happened to be the time when streaming from Napster became possible and I completely switched to it.. and then to…
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
- 100
- Total comments
- 145
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-06-19 | Winamp’s woes: How the greatest MP3 player undid itself (2012)First breakout | CaptainZapp | 47 | 78 |
| 2021-11-29 | Winamp’s woes: How the greatest MP3 player undid itself | 0des | 4 | 0 |
| 2024-04-16 | How the greatest MP3 player undid itself (2012)Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | luismedel | 49 | 67 |