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HN top bar colours by popularity: https://news.ycombinator.com/topcolors https://news.ycombinator.com/topcolors

by mgdlbp 4y ago

WrtCdEvrydy 4y ago
I mean, default is pretty interesting that it's at the top.
- blululu 4y ago
  Even more bizarre is that 15-25 spots are mostly different hues of orange. A bit improbable to have that many land so close.
sph 4y ago
What's the story with that green being the second most popular? Would be nice to see percentages/total users. It might be only used by 5 accounts of the same person.
- 4gotunameagain 4y ago
  Green is the official h4xx0r color x)
- sebmellen 4y ago
  For me, green is super useful. If the top bar is green, I'm logged in. If it's orange, I'm logged out. My top bar color is #ccff99.
  - mhb 4y ago
    People log out?
  - M3L0NM4N 4y ago
    Pro-tip, that also works with all other colors except green.
    - sebmellen 4y ago
      Fair point, but I do think that given the "traffic-light" connotation, green indicating a "logged-in state" makes sense.
    - michaelmior 4y ago
      All colors that are sufficiently distinct from the default that is.
themikesanto 4y ago
Wait, you can change the top bar color? That's news to me.
- shultays 4y ago
  Only available for premium users (Joking aside it is behind a karma limit for some reason)
- drewzero1 4y ago
  At certain karma thresholds, different things unlock. There's a list somewhere but I'm not sure if it's up-to-date.[0] It looks like top bar color can be changed once you hit 250 karma. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=853964 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=853964
  - fuckcensorship 4y ago
    List of undocumented HN features: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented
    - drewzero1 4y ago
      That's the one I was thinking of, but couldn't find. Thanks!
  - themikesanto 4y ago
    Ah cool, thanks! As someone who mostly lurks, I look forward to engaging with some of these features in a few decades time.
cozzyd 4y ago
I see I'm not the only one to pick c0fefe as a joke...
mgdlbp 4y ago
No, I lied! It's not sorted! The observations of the other comments would be strange indeed, if it were. Looking back through old discussions, it turns out I'd misremembered a mix of speculating comments as fact. Most conclusively, the order is now completely different to when the page was discussed last month: https://web.archive.org/web/20220615213203/https://news.ycombinator.com/topcolors https://web.archive.org/web/20220615213203/https://news.ycom... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31759722 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31759722)

HN top bar colours by popularity: https://news.ycombinator.com/topcolors https://news.ycombinator.com/topcolors

by mgdlbp 4y ago

HN top bar colours by popularity: https://news.ycombinator.com/topcolors https://news.ycombinator.com/topcolors

WrtCdEvrydy 4y ago

I mean, default is pretty interesting that it's at the top.

blululu 4y ago
Even more bizarre is that 15-25 spots are mostly different hues of orange. A bit improbable to have that many land so close.

sph 4y ago

What's the story with that green being the second most popular? Would be nice to see percentages/total users. It might be only used by 5 accounts of the same person.

4gotunameagain 4y ago
Green is the official h4xx0r color x)
sebmellen 4y ago
For me, green is super useful. If the top bar is green, I'm logged in. If it's orange, I'm logged out. My top bar color is #ccff99.
- mhb 4y ago
  People log out?
- M3L0NM4N 4y ago
  Pro-tip, that also works with all other colors except green.
  - sebmellen 4y ago
    Fair point, but I do think that given the "traffic-light" connotation, green indicating a "logged-in state" makes sense.
  - michaelmior 4y ago
    All colors that are sufficiently distinct from the default that is.

themikesanto 4y ago

Wait, you can change the top bar color? That's news to me.

shultays 4y ago
Only available for premium users (Joking aside it is behind a karma limit for some reason)
drewzero1 4y ago
At certain karma thresholds, different things unlock. There's a list somewhere but I'm not sure if it's up-to-date.[0] It looks like top bar color can be changed once you hit 250 karma. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=853964 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=853964
- fuckcensorship 4y ago
  List of undocumented HN features: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented
  - drewzero1 4y ago
    That's the one I was thinking of, but couldn't find. Thanks!
- themikesanto 4y ago
  Ah cool, thanks! As someone who mostly lurks, I look forward to engaging with some of these features in a few decades time.

cozzyd 4y ago

I see I'm not the only one to pick c0fefe as a joke...

mgdlbp 4y ago

No, I lied! It's not sorted! The observations of the other comments would be strange indeed, if it were. Looking back through old discussions, it turns out I'd misremembered a mix of speculating comments as fact. Most conclusively, the order is now completely different to when the page was discussed last month: https://web.archive.org/web/20220615213203/https://news.ycombinator.com/topcolors https://web.archive.org/web/20220615213203/https://news.ycom... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31759722 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31759722)