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 orderThe business models for pricing aggregators and reviews sites are completely absent. Even Consumer Reports struggles to meet the costs of testing and staffing. The BBB is a mess. The "Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval" hasn't meant anything for decades. It's a sad state of affairs: We all want unbiased reviews, but we won't pay for them. We all want to know the spread of prices so we can balance service/trust with cheap, but price aggregators are all either blocked…
I remember not too long ago a legal fight between Purple and an "honest guy with concerns about the chemicals used in Purple mattresses" and then it turned out the "honest guy" was a GhostBed mattress affiliate or something. I had no idea it was so cutthroat across the board. Edit: a summary of the spat I mentioned: https://www.reddit.com/r/shittykickstarters/comments/69zqcx/...
(2017)
2017, which I remember to be about the heyday of the boxed mattress companies - I'd be interested in a follow-up piece to see how all the mattress companies have fared since
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
- 513
- Total comments
- 309
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-10-17 | The war to sell you a mattressFirst breakout · Best thread | pastalex | 432 | 225 |
| 2019-01-13 | War to Sell You a Mattress Is an Internet Nightmare | dazhbog | 2 | 1 |
| 2019-01-17 | The War to Sell Mattresses Is an Internet Nightmare (2017)Latest 20+ point return | yesplorer | 69 | 81 |
| 2021-10-10 | The war to sell you a mattress (2017) | colinchartier | 1 | 0 |
| 2021-12-18 | The War to Sell You a Mattress Is an Internet Nightmare (2017) | xhfloz | 4 | 0 |
| 2022-10-27 | The War to Sell You a Mattress | metadat | 2 | 1 |
| 2024-11-17 | The War to Sell You a Mattress Is an Internet Nightmare(2017) | haburka | 3 | 1 |