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I created my account exactly 6 years ago, on February 20th, 2007. I guess I must have seen that announcement[1] posted on Reddit[2]. It's definitely lost that

by staunch 14y ago

I created my account exactly 6 years ago, on February 20th, 2007. I guess I must have seen that announcement[1] posted on Reddit[2]. It's definitely lost that small town charm, but given how much it has grown it's still remarkably good. To another 6 years! 1. http://www.ycombinator.com/announcingnews.html http://www.ycombinator.com/announcingnews.html 2. http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/15gkq/startup_news_ycombinator_enters_the_social_news/ http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/15gkq/startup_ne...

asdf333 14y ago
Nice. just checked mine -- I was here 3 days after it was created.
- deleted 14y ago
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- endlessvoid94 14y ago
  Same here. It doesn't feel like that long.
seiji 14y ago
So close! As of right now, my created date is one day ahead of yours. (We get to ignore all YC people with pre-release created dates.) Happy sixth anniversary to all of us poor saps who were checking reddit the morning of Feb 20, 2007.
- e1ven 14y ago
  I feel like such a youngin ;) I know that I was reading Reddit at the time, but I think I read about News.ycombinator on another site - Perhaps Techcrunch? One of the things that really flavored the early community was that many (most?) of the members were also applicants to YC, so were both a) very interested in startups, and b) all trying to be on their best behavior. I recall at the time being concerned anytime a post didn't get at least 5 votes, because it meant that I likely wasn't contributing to the conversation substantively enough. The site's flavor has changed a lot over time - From YC applicants, to general Startup News, to a more broad Hacker News, but it's still one of my favorite communities.
comatose_kid 14y ago
Wow 6 years already - I found out about HN 2 days after you did. Long live Startup News :)
wr1472 14y ago
6 years is 2190 or 2191 with 1 leap year or 2192 with 2 leap years. As of writing I created my account 2170 days ago. It is by far my most visited site (at least once a day). Sure the content isn't as great as it use to be, but I expect that with the increase in traffic and submissions. It is still head and shoulders above the rest though. Happy birthday HN!
pshin45 14y ago
I'm new to HN and think it's an awesome forum, but the fact that people like me (non-hacker who wishes he could understand even half the stuff discussed here) are finding out about it probably means that it's left behind its early adopter phase for good and is now in "early majority" mode, for better or worse. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_adoption_lifecycle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_adoption_lifecycle I'll try not to lower the bar too much... :P
- flatline 14y ago
  The internet has really been on a downhill course since September, 1993, with all the newbs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
  - pshin45 14y ago
    I like StarCraft and I love analogies so how's this for one: People who originally built and pioneered the Internet were the Xel'Naga, the original users of the Internet pre-September 1993 are the Protoss, and all the newbs who have flooded the Internet since are the Zerg. And then you have Terrans like me who are fragmented, caught in the middle, and have to choose sides. I choose to protect and fight for the Internet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Races_of_StarCraft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Races_of_StarCraft
- mimiflynn 14y ago
  I had been lurking for years and just started to chime in. Kind of wish I had made an account earlier to get more cred ;)
  - metaprinter 14y ago
    That's not how HN works... Or did an airplane just fly over my head?
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rmason 14y ago
Didn't hang out on Reddit in those days so based on using this site http://www.timeanddate.com/date/duration.html http://www.timeanddate.com/date/duration.html I didn't hear about HN and sign up until five days later.
Alex3917 14y ago
I didn't find out until a couple days later. I seem to remember that I was complaining about how Reddit had jumped the shark, and dfranke then replied to my comment with a link here.
raldi 14y ago
> I guess I must have seen that announcement posted on Reddit Yes, you must've: http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/15gkq/startup_news_ycombinator_enters_the_social_news/c15i4v http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/15gkq/startup_ne...

by staunch 14y ago

asdf333 14y ago

Nice. just checked mine -- I was here 3 days after it was created.

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endlessvoid94 14y ago
Same here. It doesn't feel like that long.

seiji 14y ago

So close! As of right now, my created date is one day ahead of yours. (We get to ignore all YC people with pre-release created dates.) Happy sixth anniversary to all of us poor saps who were checking reddit the morning of Feb 20, 2007.

e1ven 14y ago
I feel like such a youngin ;) I know that I was reading Reddit at the time, but I think I read about News.ycombinator on another site - Perhaps Techcrunch? One of the things that really flavored the early community was that many (most?) of the members were also applicants to YC, so were both a) very interested in startups, and b) all trying to be on their best behavior. I recall at the time being concerned anytime a post didn't get at least 5 votes, because it meant that I likely wasn't contributing to the conversation substantively enough. The site's flavor has changed a lot over time - From YC applicants, to general Startup News, to a more broad Hacker News, but it's still one of my favorite communities.

comatose_kid 14y ago

Wow 6 years already - I found out about HN 2 days after you did. Long live Startup News :)

wr1472 14y ago

6 years is 2190 or 2191 with 1 leap year or 2192 with 2 leap years. As of writing I created my account 2170 days ago. It is by far my most visited site (at least once a day). Sure the content isn't as great as it use to be, but I expect that with the increase in traffic and submissions. It is still head and shoulders above the rest though. Happy birthday HN!

pshin45 14y ago

I'm new to HN and think it's an awesome forum, but the fact that people like me (non-hacker who wishes he could understand even half the stuff discussed here) are finding out about it probably means that it's left behind its early adopter phase for good and is now in "early majority" mode, for better or worse. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_adoption_lifecycle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_adoption_lifecycle I'll try not to lower the bar too much... :P

flatline 14y ago
The internet has really been on a downhill course since September, 1993, with all the newbs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
- pshin45 14y ago
  I like StarCraft and I love analogies so how's this for one: People who originally built and pioneered the Internet were the Xel'Naga, the original users of the Internet pre-September 1993 are the Protoss, and all the newbs who have flooded the Internet since are the Zerg. And then you have Terrans like me who are fragmented, caught in the middle, and have to choose sides. I choose to protect and fight for the Internet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Races_of_StarCraft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Races_of_StarCraft
mimiflynn 14y ago
I had been lurking for years and just started to chime in. Kind of wish I had made an account earlier to get more cred ;)
- metaprinter 14y ago
  That's not how HN works... Or did an airplane just fly over my head?

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rmason 14y ago

Didn't hang out on Reddit in those days so based on using this site http://www.timeanddate.com/date/duration.html http://www.timeanddate.com/date/duration.html I didn't hear about HN and sign up until five days later.

Alex3917 14y ago

I didn't find out until a couple days later. I seem to remember that I was complaining about how Reddit had jumped the shark, and dfranke then replied to my comment with a link here.

raldi 14y ago

> I guess I must have seen that announcement posted on Reddit Yes, you must've: http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/15gkq/startup_news_ycombinator_enters_the_social_news/c15i4v http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/15gkq/startup_ne...