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 like the list, but I wouldn't dismiss paid advertising so quickly. Set up a testing budget and keep testing until you make it work. Groupon, LivingSocial, etc are seeing tremendous growth from their AdWords campaigns. Investors and potential acquirers are goig to be a lot more excited about a scalable user acquisition model like AdWords than fleeting success on social media.
I once started a social network around car culture. It did OK, and we got an exit offer, but decided to pivot to something else (which was the right move). Anyways, the way we got our early users was nontraditional. We went in person to car shows, took pictures of the cars, making sure one of them was with a polaroid camera. We then handed the Polaroid to the owner of the car and asked if we could feature their…
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
- 258
- Total comments
- 55
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-02-08 | How To Get Your First 1,000 UsersFirst breakout · Best thread | bjonathan | 146 | 29 |
| 2011-12-18 | How To Get Your First 1,000 Users | ColinWright | 4 | 0 |
| 2012-01-23 | How To Get Your First 1,000 Users | dean | 2 | 0 |
| 2021-01-24 | How To Get Your First 1,000 Users (2011)Latest 20+ point return | ColinWright | 106 | 26 |