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 orderThere's a disturbing lack of understanding in this community about free software, the GPL and other licences, and RMS himself. Of course Stallman is an extremist. Every leader of such a movement by definition must be an extremist, even if it makes them look foolish. The ACLU for example takes cases that make them look like a joke, but they are forced to because they must exhibit unwavering believe in their ideals. As the leader of the free software movement…
Of all the things in the world to be concerned about, running non-GPL'd JavaScript in my browser is far enough down my list that writing this comment bumps me well over my lifetime quota for the issue.
While it might feel like a trap for some users, relying on "non-free" software (in other words, most software) is a trap the vast majority of users are happy to get into. They would prefer to have modern websites with fairly advanced stuff, all of which is easy to do in JavasScript and already working. The genie won't go back in the bottle just because a few purists liked it better that way.
not sure if i'm going to take advice on how to deploy js from someone actually not using a web browser. https://lwn.net/Articles/262570/
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
- 205
- Total comments
- 234
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-03-22 | The Javascript TrapFirst breakout · Best thread | rlm | 79 | 114 |
| 2012-05-31 | The JavaScript Trap | zoowar | 2 | 0 |
| 2013-10-17 | The JavaScript Trap | anon1385 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014-12-06 | The JavaScript TrapLatest 20+ point return | pmoriarty | 78 | 111 |
| 2015-03-20 | The JavaScript TrapHall induction | avinassh | 2 | 0 |
| 2016-06-03 | The JavaScript Trap | qz_ | 5 | 0 |
| 2017-01-04 | The JavaScript Trap | scapecast | 3 | 0 |
| 2017-03-13 | The JavaScript Trap | schiller-silvio | 2 | 0 |
| 2018-01-05 | The JavaScript Trap | userbinator | 3 | 1 |
| 2018-06-14 | The JavaScript Trap, by Richard Stallman | Hyugo | 5 | 1 |
| 2019-03-25 | The JavaScript Trap | chippy | 5 | 0 |
| 2019-10-07 | JavaScript Trap | FillardMillmore | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-05-13 | The JavaScript Trap | rolph | 18 | 7 |