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 liked this article, though I think it missed the best part of Hacker News. To me, Hacker News can feel like walking through Dumbledore's office -- magical and mind-bending collections of incredible devices, ideas, and oddities. Just yesterday someone posted a comment with links to UI design libraries that I've been subconsciously wishing for in my dreams (humaans, undraw.co), and I used it in a product demo. As a self-taught technologist, HN has exposed me to SICP, functional programming…
Thanks dang! You've helped keep HN readable, corrected countless title and link errors, and prevented heated discussions from devolving into fights. I also am super thankful for your help getting my "Show HN" post to the front page. We all appreciate you.
Question for the mods: In the old days I don’t remember as much political / world news allowed. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic. But I’ve seen more types of TV news stories going through, like stories about political protests, stories about politics in Eastern…
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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
- 4
- Total points
- 2830
- Total comments
- 1559
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-08 | The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker NewsFirst breakout · Best thread | lordnacho | 1663 | 777 |
| 2020-11-10 | The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News (2019) | bluu00 | 615 | 291 |
| 2022-02-17 | The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News (2019) | nicolast | 292 | 245 |
| 2023-07-28 | The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News (2019) | capableweb | 225 | 244 |
| 2025-03-27 | The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News (2019)Hall induction | Tomte | 7 | 0 |
| 2025-04-02 | The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News (2019)Latest 20+ point return | flypunk | 20 | 1 |
| 2025-09-01 | The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News | Arkid | 8 | 1 |