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Life & fun · December 3, 2022

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This Hacker News Does Not Exist

This Hacker News Does Not Exist launched on December 3, 2022 with 252 votes, #109 of 3,688 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.

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This Hacker News Does Not Exist generates fake Hacker News posts and comments using AI. The tool is designed for people who want to see humorous or unexpected content styled like the popular tech discussion site. It creates realistic-looking posts with titles, scores, and comment threads that never actually appeared on Hacker News, making it entertaining for those familiar with the platform's typical discussions and culture.

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It seems you have Javascript disabled . This webpage works best with Javascript enabled. Whilst I appreciate you may have Javascript disabled for privacy or accessibility reasons, the core functionality of the page will not work with it disabled. You may have to temporarily whitelist this page. There are no analytics scripts on this page. This page is intended to be a humorous parody of Hacker News . It is not in any way affiliated with Hacker News. The page's theme and layout are based on the original site. The usernames are intended to be fictitious, as are the headlines. This site was made with Faker.js (The original version), String.js , and an old jQuery templating plugin written by…from coxomb.github.io

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