Goodbye from Salon
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#3Peak rank
2Days on list
258Score · 7d
Nov 5, 2026First seen
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On Hacker News
- Points
- 567
- Comments
- 216
- Submitted by
- mkeeter
- Posted
- Nov 5, 2026
- Site
- salon.com
Story details from Hacker News ↗ · linked article on salon.com.
Trending history
Goodbye from Salon was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 5, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 61 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #3 of 30, reached on Nov 6, 08:22 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 6, 11:22 UTC.
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The amount of newsroom jobs fell 60% between 2008 and 2020. The vast majority of what was lost were "beat" reporters - foreign bureaus, Washington bureaus from regional publications, statehouse reporters, or regional specialty beats (science, law, etc). This started long before the decline of the open internet and…
This article didn't generate any comments when it made the rounds 10 years ago. An obituary for what salon.com used to be. https://web.archive.org/web/20210219012551/https://www.polit...
I operate an online publication that has been online for an amount of time that can be accurately described as "decades," though not quite as long as Salon. My project had a brief window of modest profitability from about 2012 to 2020. Before and after that time, I've mostly operated at a break-even or a loss because…
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Is Goodbye from Salon trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 6, 11:22 UTC, after 2 days of trending.
What is the highest rank Goodbye from Salon reached?
#3 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 6, 08:22 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has Goodbye from Salon been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 5, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (61 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
567 points and 216 comments; submitted by mkeeter on Nov 5, 2026.