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 orderWill Norris who works on OSS at Twitter posted this[0]: "watch this space https://github.com/twitter/the-algorithm" [0]: https://twitter.com/willnorris/status/1518694675909013504
Those who contributed to making you forget how to control your feeds are now asking you to contribute to their insane feeds control factory.
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
- 638
- Total comments
- 528
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-25 | twitter/the-algorithmFirst breakout · Best thread | johns | 374 | 380 |
| 2024-08-14 | Source Code for Twitter's Recommendation Algorithm | kklisura | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-09-09 | Source code for the X Recommendation Algorithm | just_human | 14 | 7 |
| 2025-09-09 | Source code for the X recommendation algorithmLatest 20+ point return | mxstbr | 249 | 141 |