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.
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HN comment orderI've noticed a pretty heinous conversational pattern develop out of interruption sometimes. In theory, the best way to conduct a church-of-interruption exchange of ideas is big-endian: you begin by summarising your idea and only then flesh out the details. That way if your conclusion is understood you find out as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, if your conversational partner tends to interrupt incorrectly or in bad faith, the better strategy is little-endian: you craft your idea in such a way that…
An interesting article. Something interesting maybe none or few you will likely experience: Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Cocaine Anonymous meetings, presumably any 12-step meeting. Say what you will about the 12 steps, and the belief of god that is associated with them. Feel free to disagree with the dogma. As a member I openly do that from time to time. The real beauty of these meetings is that when someone speaks, they are left to speak completely uninterrupted. (Some groups…
Saw this in a comment on a different post and thought it was interesting enough to submit as its own item: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45637392 Previous discussion (I don't know why the date was listed as 2018 instead of 2011 here): The Church of Interruption (2018) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32545023 - Aug 2022 (95 comments)
(2011) Please put years on your old posts!
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
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- Total points
- 661
- Total comments
- 241
100+ points or 50+ comments
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-17 | The Church of Interruption | bkudria | 1 | 0 |
| 2019-09-22 | The Church of InterruptionFirst breakout · Best thread | scribu | 399 | 141 |
| 2021-04-25 | The Church of Interruption – Sam Bleckley | absolute100 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022-01-10 | The Church of Interruption | krustymeathead | 1 | 1 |
| 2022-08-21 | The Church of Interruption (2018)Hall induction · Latest 20+ point return | wallflower | 250 | 95 |
| 2024-06-27 | The Church of Interruption (2011) | Bluestein | 1 | 1 |
| 2025-10-20 | The Church of Interruption (2011) | sestep | 7 | 3 |