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How “deplatforming” trended on Hacker News

“Deplatforming” was mentioned 4,956 times on Hacker News between 2016 and 2026, peaking in Jan 2021 with 935 that month.

Every month from 2007 to 2026, counting how often “deplatforming” appears in Hacker News stories and comments. Each point is a live date-histogram over ~45M items, computed with Upstash Redis Search.

Top Hacker News stories about “deplatforming”

1. 1.A Heretic's Guide to Deplatforming 250 points · 427 comments · 2018 · discuss on HN
2. 2.Researchers studying Facebook misinformation say they were deplatformed 177 points · 80 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
3. 3.Frustrated with Parler deplatforming, I am building a service no one can silence 114 points · 194 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
4. 4.We need more than deplatforming 109 points · 75 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
5. 5.Bitchute Has Been Deplatformed 100 points · 53 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
6. 6.Florida governor signs bill to ban Big Tech 'deplatforming' 64 points · 136 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
7. 7.The deplatforming of a president: An unprecedented week for the tech industry 64 points · 122 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
8. 8.Apple and Google face pressure to deplatform Parler 53 points · 1 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
9. 9.Twitter thread – What was learnt from deplatforming ISIS 45 points · 63 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
10. 10.Crossfit Deletes Facebook and Instagram After User Group Is Deplatformed 43 points · 20 comments · 2019 · discuss on HN
11. 11.Final Ruling Against Patreon Opens Legal Avenue to Defend Against Deplatforming 43 points · 21 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
12. 12.Mozilla – We need more than deplatforming (2021) 42 points · 38 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN

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