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Response looked a bit weaker than usual, so I was curious on the comment count on historical posts. Of course, comments can keep being added for 2 weeks before
by anonu 3y ago
Response looked a bit weaker than usual, so I was curious on the comment count on historical posts. Of course, comments can keep being added for 2 weeks before the thread is locked.
May 2023 - 272 comments so far
Apr 2023 - 592 comments
Mar 2023 - 641 comments
Feb 2023 - 602 comments
Jan 2023 - 535 comments
Dec 2022 - 583 comments
Nov 2022 - 642 comments
Oct 2022 - 567 comments
Sep 2022 - 629 comments
Aug 2022 - 771 comments
Jul 2022 - 630 comments
Jun 2022 - 864 comments
May 2022 - 856 comments
May 2021 - 933 comments
May 2020 - 697 comments
May 2019 - 1020 comments
May 2018 - 1198 comments
May 2017 - 1096 comments
May 2016 - 937 comments
May 2015 - 891 comments
I used https://hn.algolia.com/ https://hn.algolia.com/ for quick searching.
- mebassett 3y agoI might point out that today is labour day in most of the world, so that might lead to fewer posts.
- savorypiano 3y agoInteresting that 2017-2019 had the most comments. I would have thought the market peaked in 2021.
- franciscop 3y agoMarket might've peaked in 2021 salary-wise BECAUSE people were not willing to move so much? Not because of demand (more job openings), but because of restricted supply (devs were prob unwilling to move in uncertain times). Just a thought though.
- Racing0461 3y agoIs that just top level comments (aka actual job openings) or total comments (where discussions biasing the data)
- ikiris 3y agoits also only the first of the month, and a holiday in many areas.
- bfung 3y agoFrom having scraped HN job posts before, I’ve observed that it does take the full 2 weeks for these job postings to come in. I’d wait awhile before drawing any conclusions from today’s post. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33773972 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33773972