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Perhaps you haven't noticed the search field at the bottom of the page? https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=Ur-fascism&sort=byPopula

• macintux 6y ago
  The “past” link at the top is more convenient for this specific use case.
  • dang 6y ago
    (Edit: never mind I forgot how this works.) That shows past HN front pages (in sort of a weird time-lapsed version that never actually existed) for particular days. How would you use that to get to past threads about a topic?
    • macintux 6y ago
      Sorry, I meant the _other_ past link at the top, the one associated with the article, between "hide" and "favorite". https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Umberto%20Eco%3A%20Ur-Fascism&sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=story&storyText=false&prefix&page=0 https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Umberto%20Eco%3A%20Ur-Fascism&... I'd somehow never looked at the very top past link.
      • dang 6y ago
        Doh! I don't think I ever noticed that we'd overloaded that word that way. Damn it. Of course you're right. I just never use that link because of the keyboard shortcuts I mentioned upthread.
        • macintux 6y ago
          I think it's (perversely?) a credit to HN's design that so many people never discover all of its features. The core functionality is front and center, easy to find and use, so the extras don't get in the way. (Having said that, the difficulty of tapping the correct up/down arrow for upvoting and downvoting on tiny phone screens continues to be a real sore spot.)