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 have a simple guideline for real life interactions with others that carries over quite well on-line, "Deal with issues; ignore details." It's amazing how well this works in person, especially when trying to get something done. My number one question to another is probably, "Is that an issue or a detail?" We can almost always decide together which it is. Then, if it's an issue, we deal with it, and if it's a detail, we move on to the…
When someone posts on forums and social media, IME it's very common that the replies focus on how they can "make OP wrong". They only seem to care about how OP can be interpreted as ignorant or illogical or immoral, rather than insightful or helpful. I am sure I'm as guilty of this as anyone else. It would be good if we understood this phenomenon better, why we do it and how we can be more balanced in our approach…
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
- 188
- Total comments
- 121
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-01-16 | No CommentFirst breakout · Best thread | EricBurnett | 108 | 65 |
| 2013-12-15 | No comments | saurabh | 2 | 0 |
| 2015-01-07 | No Comment (2010) | jacquesm | 2 | 0 |
| 2019-06-24 | No Comment (2010) | craftyguy | 4 | 0 |
| 2025-08-05 | No Comment (2010)Latest 20+ point return | ColinWright | 72 | 56 |