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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.
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HN comment orderAn intern once thought it was a good idea to torrent a couple of Game of Thrones episodes using my startup's Digital Ocean box. We found out after Digital Ocean forwarded us an email from HBO (who presumably tracked Digital Ocean down via the IP) that we were engaging in piracy. We sent an email to everyone with access, saying whoever was doing it to stop. Then we got a second email (a final warning). Everyone denied doing it, so…
I guess I'm doing something right because even though I use a static IP and no VPN, and I've been continuously seeding some torrents since 2012 that site does not list any of my downloads. It probably only looks at popular movie download sites and I don't use those. But anyway, the domain name is a lie.
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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
- 1008
- Total comments
- 817
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-01-03 | Torrent downloads and distributions for IP | mistat | 2 | 0 |
| 2017-12-20 | I Know What You Download on BitTorrentFirst breakout | d33 | 120 | 62 |
| 2020-07-13 | I Know What You Download on BitTorrentBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | easterncalculus | 880 | 754 |
| 2025-12-02 | I know what you download | Sparkenstein | 6 | 1 |