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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!

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!

I'm certainly thankful for Hacker News!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Use this day to eat good food, converse with relatives, and rest from the usual madness. Peace on Earth.

Nostalgia is a heck of a drug. :-)

Happy Thanksgiving!

15 years here too. I turn 40 today. Grateful for this community. I quit social media years ago but still enjoy the discourse here.

I had to check, I'm at 8 years, stay awesome HN'ers!

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.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!! =)

Happy Thanksgiving, HN!

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!!

18 years here. Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanks Dang your a LEGEND

Happy thanksgiving american bros, don't get too fat.

It’s funny what passes as humor in europe is crass for others.

14 years here. Thanks @dang and @tomhow.

Another 15-yearer here too! Thank you HN, and for all the work you do @dang and @tomhow

happy thanksgiving y'all :)

I’m thankful for tech

Pretty new poster, but I learn so much from HN. Great way to curate and see amazing stuff

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Horrifyingly, my account appears to be eighteen years old.

The mythical utopian HN past never existed.

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.

10 years. Happy Thanksgiving!

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!

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Happy thanksgiving y'all! :-)

9 years and it's the website I check daily more than any others! Happy Thanksgiving!

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.

It’s not the same account but I realized I’ve been around since 2009. Time flies! Happy thanksgiving everyone.

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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.

Grateful for all the people here who make this world a little better all the tiem.

Happy thanksgiving everyone!

Thankful for @dang and this community. Happy thanksgiving