[mgdlbp]

HN top bar colours by popularity: https://news.ycombinator.com/topcolors

[mgdlbp]

No, I lied! It's not sorted!

The observations of the other comments would be strange indeed, if it were. Looking back through old discussions, it turns out I'd misremembered a mix of speculating comments as fact. Most conclusively, the order is now completely different to when the page was discussed last month:

https://web.archive.org/web/20220615213203/https://news.ycom...

(https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31759722)

[cozzyd]

I see I'm not the only one to pick c0fefe as a joke...

[sph]

What's the story with that green being the second most popular?

Would be nice to see percentages/total users. It might be only used by 5 accounts of the same person.

[sebmellen]

For me, green is super useful. If the top bar is green, I'm logged in. If it's orange, I'm logged out.

My top bar color is #ccff99.

[M3L0NM4N]

Pro-tip, that also works with all other colors except green.

[sebmellen]

Fair point, but I do think that given the "traffic-light" connotation, green indicating a "logged-in state" makes sense.

[michaelmior]

All colors that are sufficiently distinct from the default that is.

[mhb]

People log out?

[4gotunameagain]

Green is the official h4xx0r color x)

[themikesanto]

Wait, you can change the top bar color? That's news to me.

[drewzero1]

At certain karma thresholds, different things unlock. There's a list somewhere but I'm not sure if it's up-to-date.[0] It looks like top bar color can be changed once you hit 250 karma.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=853964

[fuckcensorship]

List of undocumented HN features:

https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

[drewzero1]

That's the one I was thinking of, but couldn't find. Thanks!

[themikesanto]

Ah cool, thanks! As someone who mostly lurks, I look forward to engaging with some of these features in a few decades time.

[shultays]

Only available for premium users

(Joking aside it is behind a karma limit for some reason)

[WrtCdEvrydy]

I mean, default is pretty interesting that it's at the top.

[blululu]

Even more bizarre is that 15-25 spots are mostly different hues of orange. A bit improbable to have that many land so close.