HN Tenure Reflections

Users react with surprise, amusement, or regret upon realizing how long they've been on Hacker News, reflecting on past mistakes or naivety associated with their earlier usage.

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2007

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138

2011

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2012

134

2013

205

2014

136

2015

142

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190

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348

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Keywords

TIL used think thought wrong annoyed feel think like sooner thinking boot feel like

Sample Comments

gyrgtyn • Jul 9, 2021 • View on HN

I think past me would have thought this was cool. Now I'm just annoyed about having to think about this.

tonyedgecombe • Jan 12, 2018 • View on HN

I remember saying that to myself ...

stronglikedan • Sep 22, 2025 • View on HN

You just made me look at how long I've been coming here. I'm still internally struggling with whether that is something I needed to know!

RantyDave • Jan 30, 2022 • View on HN

Interesting, I was obviously doing something very wrong (back in the day).

berpasan • May 7, 2016 • View on HN

Yes, I was wrong, sorry, I guess it feels like it happened ages ago...

robhawkes • Jun 20, 2016 • View on HN

Haha! I'm actually annoyed at myself for not thinking of that sooner ;)

zahlman • Jul 10, 2025 • View on HN

I can relate to the experience, but never even thought of having a word for it...

lawnchair_larry • Jan 8, 2021 • View on HN

I remember when I used to think like that. Man was I ever wrong. Now I wonder how it wasn’t obvious sooner.

CA0DA • May 12, 2021 • View on HN

This is what I have been doing! I might think twice now.

imrehg • Aug 13, 2014 • View on HN

Geez, same TIL, and I didn't need that... Thought I was better than that (everyone thinks).