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Life & fun · March 16, 2021

Reject – HN stories that were prevented to reach the front page

Links rejected from Hackernews. Click to read rejected, by Hector White, a Substack publication. Launched 5 years ago.

Reject – HN stories that were prevented to reach the front page launched on March 16, 2021 with 20 votes, #1,388 of 3,696 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

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Reject is a newsletter that curates Hacker News stories that failed to gain traction and reach the front page. It presents these overlooked submissions to readers interested in alternative perspectives and lesser-known content from the tech community. The service is designed for Hacker News users who want to discover stories that didn't make it through the site's popularity filter.

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Links rejected from Hackernews. Click to read rejected, by Hector White, a Substack publication. Launched 6 years ago.

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