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benbreen

HACKER NEWS ● TRACKED BY VIRALHUNT SINCE AUG 2014 ▼ 62% · 30D OFFICIAL PROFILE ↗

benbreen is a Hacker News page, tracked by ViralHunt since August 2014. Across 219 tracked posts they have accumulated 73.8K total engagement — an average of 337 per post. Their engagement over the last 30 days is down 62% versus the previous month.

219posts tracked
73.8Ktotal engagement
37.6Ktotal points
18.1Ktotal comments

Most viral posts by benbreen

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Portugal’s radical drug policy is working. Why hasn’t the world copied it?
Dec 6, 2017
POI 572 COM 518
2
Cormac McCarthy has died
Jun 13, 2023
POI 856 COM 363
3
Ancient civilisation under eastern Turkey estimated to be 11k-13k years old
May 20, 2022
POI 699 COM 377
4
The Wright brothers invented the airplane, right? Not if you're in Brazil
Mar 22, 2025
POI 246 COM 511
5
Quality non-fiction books are the antithesis of AI slop
Jul 22, 2026
POI 492 COM 240
6
Epiousios
Sep 13, 2021
POI 538 COM 201
7
The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 days
Nov 5, 2023
POI 219 COM 355
8
Ask HN: 5 months and counting waiting for Coinbase customer support. Advice?
Jan 29, 2018
POI 475 COM 182
9
In Santa Cruz, a graduate student strike grows out of a housing crisis
Feb 17, 2020
POI 215 COM 276
10
The revenge of the philosophy majors
Jul 7, 2026
POI 164 COM 271
11
Antarctic English
Feb 28, 2024
POI 369 COM 158
12
A True Story
Oct 15, 2018
POI 525 COM 72
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