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 orderhttp://web.archive.org/web/20140702133429/http://mattmaroon....
Only he's back. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7834690 We all quit HN at some point in time and those who haven't will do it too. And then we find that there is nothing better. It's a bit like democracy.
Hm, this post is almost 3 years old, but Matt has been active recently (https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=mattmaroon). Did he get a little account recovery help or was the password change not as random as he said?
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
- 383
- Total comments
- 362
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-11-23 | I Quit Hacker NewsFirst breakout · Best thread | cwan | 261 | 230 |
| 2013-11-02 | I Quit Hacker News (2010) | Qom | 30 | 24 |
| 2014-06-03 | (Why) I quit Hacker News (2010)Latest 20+ point return | rawland | 92 | 108 |