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168points
38comments
#243of 2,195 in 2019
Top 12%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
2 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score +0.23.
Design: 2 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Nice concept and fun to explore old videos
From 3 comments
Woah. Great idea, so many interesting things to explore. I'm surprised there's no comment yet about the video titled "The most dangerous Barack Obama video ever!!!". It's such an…
earthscienceman on HNNice work! Would be great if you could navigate one day forward and backward.
gitgud on HNThe old-school YouTube iOS icon for the favicon is a great touch!
flamtap on HN
Ad approach is non-intrusive, including the ad-blocker message
From 1 comment
Kudos to the creator for the responsible advertising strategy. The "hey -- you're using an ad blocker" message was thoughtful and non-guilt-tripping. Ads are clearly delineated…
mgalgs on HN
Objections
Old videos are often deleted, so data decays
From 2 comments
This is neat, I tried to make a video series a while ago where I compared and contrasted what was in the front page of YouTube 10 years ago. This would have been super helpful…
PBnFlash on HNMe and a mate have a playlist of stuff to watch when we get together and drink beers. I keep meaning to track/archive it because give it a month and there'll be 2 or 3 out of ~20…
voltagex_ on HN
Requests
Add navigation to move one day forward and backward
From 1 comment
Nice work! Would be great if you could navigate one day forward and backward.
gitgud on HN
Questions
Are view counts current or from ten years ago?
From 2 comments
Also in that screenshot is a video from the UKF Dubstep channel. 23.4M views. Is that the number of views now or the number of views ten years ago?
codetrotter on HNProbably now, I doubt they could get that kind of historical data.
jonny_eh on HN
Alternatives named
Reddit TenYearsAgoOnReddit subreddit
From 1 comment
There was a fun similar thing for Reddit on https://www.reddit.com/r/TenYearsAgoOnReddit/ (and https://www.reddit.com/r/FiveYearsAgoOnReddit/), sadly it stopped posting ~9 months…
MattConfluence on HN
vintageviral subreddit
From 1 comment
There's another one called /r/vintageviral. It's not as strict but tracks well-known 9+ year old videos.
ilikehurdles on HN
favrd.it top tweets of 2009
From 1 comment
Similarly, https://favrd.it has been posting the top tweets of 2009 (as compiled by Favrd, RIP)
robotmlg on HN
YouTube Time Machine
From 1 comment
This just makes me deeply miss YouTube Time Machine.
disillusioned on HN