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HN started small, as you can see from the earliest 5 posts: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1 https://news.ycombin
by dkersten 9y ago
HN started small, as you can see from the earliest 5 posts:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5
It essentially started as a small place to share links for the early YC attendees and slowly grew from there.
- shubhamjain 9y agoAmazed to see jacquesm's comment. I knew he was an old member, but it seems he's been active right from the get-go.
- dkersten 9y agoNote that his comment was posted quite a while after the submission (although, still a long time ago!) I also just realised my account is a little older than jacquesm's O_o that.. was unexpected.
- quickthrower2 9y agoThey even had trolls and shadow banning back then by the looks of things.