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 had an account here. I still do. Like some other people point out: Invitation-only means trolls are less likely to show up. But the higher end of quality is not significantly better than HN. If anything, it might be worse. My experience with the moderation there is that some people post clear self-promotion articles, but when I attempted to post my things, I get told that this content is not welcome on the site. Why my content is not…
I like the code that plays a little lottery to assign a user a rare lobster color as the theme of the site: https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters/blob/6553de202e36757047...
Only downside imho: It's written in ruby. Upside: the real-world site is very responsive and fast, and actually works.
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
- 403
- Total comments
- 251
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-11-09 | Lobsters | tosh | 4 | 0 |
| 2018-08-29 | Lobste.rsFirst breakout | tosh | 133 | 48 |
| 2021-01-04 | Lobste.rs | okokok___ | 2 | 0 |
| 2022-06-22 | Start your own HN or lobste.rs community | metadat | 1 | 3 |
| 2023-12-03 | LobstersBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | tosh | 263 | 200 |