[HN Gopher] Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving
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Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving
I've been a part of this community for fifteen years. Despite the
yearly bemoaning of HN's quality compared to its mythical past,
I've found that it's the one community that has remained steadfast
as a source of knowledge, cattiness, and good discussion. Thank
you @dang and @tomhow. Here's to another year.
Author : prodigycorp
Score : 421 points
Date : 2025-11-27 05:21 UTC (17 hours ago)
| _u0u9 wrote:
| <3
| jetsnoc wrote:
| Sixteen years here, and the half-life decay of this community has
| been slower than anywhere else. That takes real, consistent work,
| and we have been lucky to have it. Through good times and rough
| ones, including the loss of Aaron Swartz (who I only knew of
| through HN), this has stayed a place for real conversation.
|
| The grit, curiosity, and people building things have always been
| inspiring.
|
| Thanks for all the discussions over the years.
|
| Happy Thanksgiving!
| mindcrime wrote:
| Seems weird to say, but I've been posting here for seventeen
| years now. And in that time, can I say that the quality of the
| discourse has slipped some? Well... if I'm being honest, probably
| yeah. A little. But at the same time, I can still honestly say
| that HN is still easily the best community of this sort on the
| 'net, at least that I'm aware of. OK, Lobste.rs has some merit,
| but the problem there is that the community there is arguably
| still a little too small, and you just don't get the variety and
| volume of interesting discussion you get here. But the level of
| discourse is high there as well.
|
| Anyway, I find HN to be a wonderful refuge from a lot of the
| absurdity that's "out there" and I will happily throw in my own
| "Thanks, guys!" to dang and tomhow. And to pg for starting this
| whole thing back in the day.
|
| Happy Thanksgiving, everyone, and here's to more years to come!
| mettamage wrote:
| 17 years? Damn, that's a mindcrime!
|
| Relatable by the way. Though, not 17 years, haha, "just" 10 :')
| Minor49er wrote:
| I'm certainly thankful for Hacker News!
| RickJWagner wrote:
| Happy Thanksgiving!
|
| Use this day to eat good food, converse with relatives, and rest
| from the usual madness. Peace on Earth.
| bytearray wrote:
| Nostalgia is a heck of a drug. :-)
|
| Happy Thanksgiving!
| s_c_r wrote:
| 15 years here too. I turn 40 today. Grateful for this community.
| I quit social media years ago but still enjoy the discourse here.
| cmckn wrote:
| Happy birthday! I hope you have (at least) another 40 of health
| and hackery :)
| iancmceachern wrote:
| I had to check, I'm at 8 years, stay awesome HN'ers!
| unkulunkulu wrote:
| Hey, community! Thank you for this opportunity to connect and
| feel closeness to the best parts and people in our industry.
|
| Thank you for your open mindedness, smarts, stupid fun and
| lovable nerdiness.
|
| I feel at home here.
|
| One thing that makes me sad are dystopian fears. Not sure if this
| is warranted or not, but certainly get my dose of dread from HN.
| But thank you for being so sensitive and caring in this.
|
| Happy thanksgiving.
| vishalontheline wrote:
| Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!! =)
| jadenPete wrote:
| Happy Thanksgiving, HN!
| zkmon wrote:
| Just completed 7 years on HN. This is the only social network I'm
| active on (if you don't count whatsapp). Awesome folks and
| amazing discussions!!
| fcoury wrote:
| Wow, that made me look:
|
| > Joined 17 years ago
| jasonlotito wrote:
| 18 years here. Happy Thanksgiving!
| internet2000 wrote:
| Thanks Dang your a LEGEND
| coolThingsFirst wrote:
| Happy thanksgiving american bros, don't get too fat.
|
| It's funny what passes as humor in europe is crass for others.
| abraxas wrote:
| They invented Ozemipc. Restraint is unamerican.
| mrbombastic wrote:
| Utopia is nigh.
| fellowniusmonk wrote:
| flavortown is adjacent.
| chasil wrote:
| Why did I only see this yesterday?
|
| https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sOsqXKr4l30
| peterclary wrote:
| 14 years here. Thanks @dang and @tomhow.
| chrisrickard wrote:
| Another 15-yearer here too! Thank you HN, and for all the work
| you do @dang and @tomhow
| qntmfred wrote:
| happy thanksgiving y'all :)
| moomoo11 wrote:
| I'm thankful for tech
| awaseem wrote:
| Pretty new poster, but I learn so much from HN. Great way to
| curate and see amazing stuff
| thanksgiving wrote:
| Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
| rsynnott wrote:
| Horrifyingly, my account appears to be eighteen years old.
|
| The mythical utopian HN past never existed.
| jacquesm wrote:
| Hehe. You must be new here ;)
| ryandv wrote:
| Been lurking since 2011 or so. Dare I say that the average level
| of discourse has finally fallen to a level where I feel
| comfortable participating after over ten years of just reading.
|
| That being said HN was and continues to be one of the most
| valuable resources for geeks on the net.
| keepamovin wrote:
| 10 years. Happy Thanksgiving!
| jeddawson wrote:
| Happy Thanksgiving! 10+ solid years as a near daily HN lurker :)
|
| Be sure to give your parents (and other seniors in your life) a
| phishing and subscriptions checkup this weekend!
|
| https://edisoncode.com/articles/holiday-phone-safety-guide-f...
| pizlonator wrote:
| Happy thanksgiving y'all! :-)
| owlninja wrote:
| 9 years and it's the website I check daily more than any others!
| Happy Thanksgiving!
| huherto wrote:
| Eighteen years here. I am not American but I think this is a
| holiday that we can all celebrate as reminder that we should be
| grateful for what and specially for who we have, independently
| what we don't have.
| ilamont wrote:
| A fellow 18-yearer here. I am very grateful for the discussions
| and insights and expertise and recollections I see every day
| from all over the world.
| dyauspitr wrote:
| It's not the same account but I realized I've been around since
| 2009. Time flies! Happy thanksgiving everyone.
| A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 wrote:
| ^^7
|
| cheers to all you glorious bastards. i disagree with you on most
| things and quibble over pettiest crap, but know it is all in good
| fun. we are prolly in the weirdest point in computer history and
| get to see it make it through ( or not.. either is fine ). its a
| secret, but those annual affirtation are one of my favorite
| traditions.
|
| here is to all the fun convos yet to come.
| TheAtomic wrote:
| Grateful for all the people here who make this world a little
| better all the tiem.
| LPisGood wrote:
| Happy thanksgiving everyone!
| anteloper wrote:
| Thankful for @dang and this community. Happy thanksgiving
| picardo wrote:
| Happy thanksgiving all. In an era where algorithms on other
| platforms seem optimized for outrage and engagement bait, I'm
| grateful for HN's optimization for curiosity. It's one of the few
| places left where I can open a thread on a topic I disagree with
| and actually expect to have my mind changes -- or at least
| understand the opposing view better -- by the top comment.
| drfeanki wrote:
| Here for ~15-16 years through various accounts. HT
| treetalker wrote:
| Thank you all for challenging my beliefs and giving me a world to
| explore outside the law.
| amerine wrote:
| I can't believe I've been around these parts for 17 years...
| Thank you for the inspiration to take a look at my join date. I
| feel the same as you about the discussions here, there is always
| a level of depth (and silliness) that I appreciate about the
| banter and interactions here.
|
| Here's to 17 more! <3
| photon_lines wrote:
| Happy Thanksgiving everyone -- I've mostly been a lurker here
| over the last 20 years and I'm thankful for being able to
| interact with such a bright and vibrant community full of
| thinkers, doers and explorers -- you guys definitely changed my
| life for the better and inspired me in many, many ways.
| guiambros wrote:
| Happy Thanksgiving @dang, @tomhow, and the HN community! Almost
| 17 years here, and it's hard to overstate how much I learned from
| y'all.
|
| Through tech cycles, heated debates, and some inevitable fads,
| the limitless curiosity of this community remains inspiring.
| Thank you mods and YC for staying true to the original hacker
| ethos.
| ScottishGandhi wrote:
| Happy Thanksgiving!! 12 yrs of learning and lurking. Amazing
| community!!
| alhazraed wrote:
| Happy Thanksgiving!
| mpalmer wrote:
| Thankful for the overall balance this site still manages to find
| between diversity of viewpoint and civility. It gets spicy
| sometimes, but I like it that way.
|
| Hope everyone's year finishes better than it started.
| tevon wrote:
| This thread, in and of itself, demonstrates the incredible
| quality of this community. Thank you to all of you, and
| especially to @dang and @tomhow for thanklessly holding us all
| together.
| thr0waway001 wrote:
| Thanks you Lord for the food.
| trevor wrote:
| Been here 18 years. Almost never comment, but I come back
| everyday for the insightful comments. Thank you @dang for the
| great moderation and thank you to great HN community.
| sqircles wrote:
| Thanks for all of the hootin' n' hollerin' over the past ~decade
| or so.
| regera wrote:
| Thank you, been a rough year (mentally, financially) - super
| grateful to everyone here on HN!
| kraddypatties wrote:
| been lurking for most of my adult life (and it shows :-))
|
| Thanks HN! You make me smarter every (other) day.
| adamredwoods wrote:
| Happy Thanksgiving / Happy post-Cranberry day!
|
| Also: National Day of Mourning for some Native Americans
|
| https://muwekma.org/blog/2023/september/what-does-thanksgivi...
| raphman wrote:
| Thanks HN! I regularly open HN during lectures. There is no
| better way to show my students what software engineering entails
| and why I focus on certain topics.
|
| Is SCRUM really as great as its evangelists claim? Let's read HN
| comments.
|
| What are good use cases for UML? Let's check out HN.
|
| Does anyone actually care about CoCoMo or CMMI? Let's read ... oh
| - nearly nobody's talking about it there. Maybe it won't be that
| relevant to the students.
| MinimalAction wrote:
| Happy Thanksgiving! This is the only site that passes my
| threshold for signal-to-noise ratio. I genuinely learn from
| discussions here. It humbles me to be on the same webpage as some
| of the most knowledgeable, ambitious, thoughtful folks across the
| globe. Thanks everyone for your active participation.
| batrat wrote:
| Almost 12 years of HN. I'm still a lurker, I'm sorry I don't
| contribute more, but I don't have much time and reading HN with a
| coffee in the morning is the best thing I can do. Thx everyone
| involved <3
| hilti wrote:
| Just looked it up: 14 years already and very proud to be a part
| of this community. :-)
|
| Happy Thanksgiving
| nailer wrote:
| 18 years. The site has become a hotbed of political discussion
| recently, and I do wish the manual unflagging was stopped, but
| other people are right when they say that Startup News/Hacker
| News has remained relevant for far longer than other sites that
| started around the same time. The only one I can think of that
| stayed relevant for that long is Ars Technica.
| travisgriggs wrote:
| But ARS is not what it used to be. Sadly. The content is still
| decent, but not the forum so much. My arrival at HN nearly 8
| years ago was about when I wasn't seeing community there
| anymore.
| unkeptbarista wrote:
| Happy Thanksgiving all.
|
| Mostly a lurker. Been here over 10 years, but created my HN
| account 9 years ago. HN has been an invaluable source for me over
| they years.
| uzername wrote:
| Lurking, occasionally commenting, rarely posting. I've read HN
| everyday since I started working in the industry since March
| 2016. I appreciate what HN is and the shared culture.
|
| Thanks all, and have a great day.
| ianred wrote:
| Thank you, happy Thanksgiving.
| GaryBluto wrote:
| I've only been participating for a few months (lurking for much
| longer) and I've got to say HN has been the best news aggregation
| experience I've ever had. I hope to be here for many years to
| come!
| reactordev wrote:
| Where else will you be able to have discussions with PhD's,
| entrepreneurs, leaders, doers, and specialists in literally every
| field?
|
| No where but here.
| fuzzfactor wrote:
| For those of you who don't celebrate Thanksgiving, wishing you a
| delcious Southern pecan pie anyway, and more!
| calvin wrote:
| 17 years here (wow). I don't post much but I get a lot out of
| this site and it's one of my few daily reads. Grateful for the
| site, its mods, and the contributors.
|
| Happy Thanksgiving!
| xarope wrote:
| Happy thanksgiving all. Switched from ./ to HN and haven't
| regretted a single day. Hope you all have a great one!
| ChrisMarshallNY wrote:
| Only been here five -point- five, but it's already far outlasted
| my tenure at other venues.
|
| For non-Americans: Thanksgiving is a big national holiday in the
| US; celebrated on the last Thursday of November.
|
| Its origin story is that a bunch of recent immigrants were having
| a rough time of it, and were helped by aboriginal Americans.
|
| What happened after ... well, that's another story.
|
| It's a big "family" holiday. Americans travel all over, to gather
| with their families at the Gorging Table.
| siva7 wrote:
| what happened after the pilgrims were helped by those nice
| people?
| ChrisMarshallNY wrote:
| I won't get into it, but it's not difficult to figure out.
|
| _> "If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous,
| he will not bite you. This is the principal difference
| between a dog and a man."
|
| - Mark Twain_
| toomuchtodo wrote:
| Thanks Dan, Tom, and the others who keep this a place that still
| brings joy and satisfies the curiosity brain itch.
| skeptrune wrote:
| I'm very thankful for @dang and @tomhow keeping this site such
| high signal to noise ratio. It's a great place to spend time on
| the internet :).
| tumidpandora wrote:
| Happy Thanksgiving to all! love HN!
| mise_en_place wrote:
| HN has been a kaleidoscope of the human psyche. idlewords dissing
| pg, Michael o' church's rants, Terry's slow break into insanity,
| etc. I'm thankful above all that this place still exists.
| ppqqrr wrote:
| not for the indians.
| amruthreddi wrote:
| Thanks HN for being awesome. Grateful to you all, @dang and
| @tomhow. Learning something new every day for over half a decade
| now.
| Etheryte wrote:
| Unrelated question, but I thought cattiness meant to be rude? Or
| maybe I misunderstand what you mean with how you use the word?
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