top | item 47143808 (no title) minimaxir | 6 days ago Are the increasing # of distinct submitters from established accounts or new accounts? discuss order hn newest dang|6 days ago Don't know that yet either! at least that one isn't hard to answer, it just needs a bit of spare time. rzk|5 days ago Here is the data since the beginning of HN, where a new submitter is defined as a user whose account was created less than three months before the submission:Stories: https://pastebin.com/Zc4jXvp4Comments: https://pastebin.com/cFuczTWJThe number of new submitters has indeed increased significantly since the beginning of 2026. vunderba|6 days ago Another very common tactic I’ve seen is accounts with 1 karma that’ve been aged a few months.
dang|6 days ago Don't know that yet either! at least that one isn't hard to answer, it just needs a bit of spare time. rzk|5 days ago Here is the data since the beginning of HN, where a new submitter is defined as a user whose account was created less than three months before the submission:Stories: https://pastebin.com/Zc4jXvp4Comments: https://pastebin.com/cFuczTWJThe number of new submitters has indeed increased significantly since the beginning of 2026.
rzk|5 days ago Here is the data since the beginning of HN, where a new submitter is defined as a user whose account was created less than three months before the submission:Stories: https://pastebin.com/Zc4jXvp4Comments: https://pastebin.com/cFuczTWJThe number of new submitters has indeed increased significantly since the beginning of 2026.
vunderba|6 days ago Another very common tactic I’ve seen is accounts with 1 karma that’ve been aged a few months.
dang|6 days ago
rzk|5 days ago
Stories: https://pastebin.com/Zc4jXvp4
Comments: https://pastebin.com/cFuczTWJ
The number of new submitters has indeed increased significantly since the beginning of 2026.
vunderba|6 days ago