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 orderAs a non-technical person from a completely different industry, my take on TOS is this: I don't care. Why would anyone care? Is it a legal binding contract between me and the comany? No. It might be taken into account if we go into court, but if they have it in their TOS that I bought an elephant from them - it will not hold. If they grant me any rights in their TOS - do I trust them? No…
I actually don't really support these movements. I would prefer that we entirely deligitimize the notion of 'terms of service' having any measure of enforceability or weight. No, I have not read your terms and I do not agree with them. I do, however, reject the legitimacy of their use and will happily check a box that lets me proceed unmolested. And by continuing to provide your service to me, you agree that that my implicit rejection of your TOS'…
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25714093
I don't know how they presume to interpret all of these, but I've already found a glaring error: of Wikipedia, they claim "The service can delete your account without prior notice and without a reason" but this is false: Wikipedia never deletes accounts, due to the way MediaWiki software works and also due to the attribution requirements of the Creative Commons license. What their TOS does say is that they can "suspend or end the services at any time", but…
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
- 520
- Total comments
- 140
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-01 | Terms of Service; Didn't ReadFirst breakout · Best thread | vszakats | 219 | 61 |
| 2015-04-14 | Tosdr.org Terms of Service, Didn't Read | alfonsodev | 1 | 0 |
| 2015-06-06 | Terms of Service; Didn't Read | z0a | 3 | 0 |
| 2016-10-15 | Terms of Service – Didn't Read | turrini | 3 | 0 |
| 2016-11-17 | “I have read and agree to the Terms” is the biggest lie on the web | cheiVia0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017-06-21 | Terms of Service; Didn't Read | hiq | 2 | 0 |
| 2017-08-16 | Terms of Service; Didn't Read | Nition | 197 | 62 |
| 2020-02-20 | Terms of Service; Didn't Read | squarefoot | 2 | 0 |
| 2020-09-22 | Terms of Service; Didn't Read | doublerabbit | 3 | 0 |
| 2020-10-19 | Making Terms of Service more accessible | rohitpaulk | 1 | 0 |
| 2020-12-17 | Facebook stores your data whether you have an account or not | totaldude87 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021-08-23 | Frontpage – Terms of Service; Didn't Read | thunderbong | 55 | 14 |
| 2023-06-16 | Terms of Service; Didn't ReadLatest 20+ point return | jayhoon | 29 | 3 |