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 orderIf it were truly British then upon an exception it would apologise excessively and offer to dust you off. Queues would also be ubiquitous. Data could not be accessed in order, but would have to be retrieved from an unordered queue, which would necessarily involve a long wait. There would also be a congestion charge for drivers at certain hours of the day and interfacing with Rails would cause unexpected delays.
As a Brit living in the US I'm getting a bit tired of the strange fascination you guys have with everything British. Yes, it was fun at first being asked to say all sorts of words which sound so funny to you guys. Convincing the more provincial of Americans that yes, we do in fact get to meet the Queen for a cup of tea on occasion and yes, she is a very nice lady. But when I see posts…
As an Englishman, I'm horribly offended by this. There's no mention of tea whatsoever! seethe
#ColonizePHP
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
- 531
- Total comments
- 197
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-08-20 | If PHP Were BritishFirst breakout · Best thread | shdon | 347 | 104 |
| 2012-02-29 | If PHP Were British | habith | 2 | 0 |
| 2012-04-27 | If PHP Were British | kondro | 2 | 1 |
| 2013-03-26 | If PHP were BritishLatest 20+ point return | morphics | 162 | 89 |
| 2013-07-08 | If PHP Were British | fvox13 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014-04-09 | If PHP Were British | napolux | 2 | 0 |
| 2015-06-18 | If PHP Were British | frederickf | 2 | 1 |
| 2015-08-05 | If PHP Were British | nateguchi | 5 | 1 |
| 2016-06-22 | If PHP Were British | polskibus | 1 | 0 |
| 2016-10-24 | If PHP Were British | kiyanwang | 4 | 0 |
| 2017-03-28 | If PHP Were British (2011) | fnordsensei | 2 | 1 |