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HN Without the News

HN Without the News's website (hnsin.news) no longer works: it didn't answer when we checked it on 3 October 2026. The Internet Archive last saw it in September 2022.

Website
site gone
Evidence
Site check
Last checked
2026-10-03
Posted to Show HN
2021-02-26
Where
Show HN
Attention
7 points
Last archived
2022-09

What we know

HN Without the News was posted to Show HN on 2021-02-26, at hnsin.news. The domain no longer answers. The check recorded ENOTFOUND. The Internet Archive last captured it in 2022-09, about 19 months after launch. That bounds when it stopped; it isn't a shutdown date.

We don't know from this record whether the product still operates, what it charged, or, if it's gone, why. Across the whole register, 22% of launches whose status we could settle are gone.

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Evidence

What the check recorded: site gone (ENOTFOUND), at http://hnsin.news.

The original Show HN post · Report a correction — a domain can vanish while a product moves or rebrands, and stay up after it shuts down.

Alternatives to HN Without the News

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Questions about HN Without the News

Is HN Without the News still in business?
HN Without the News's website (hnsin.news) no longer works: it didn't answer when we checked it on 3 October 2026. The Internet Archive last saw it in September 2022. A vanished website usually means the product ended, though it may have moved to another domain.
What happened to HN Without the News?
The domain no longer answers. The register records what our checks found, not why; any shutdown reason would come from the founders.
When did HN Without the News launch?
HN Without the News was posted to Show HN on 26 February 2021.
What are some alternatives to HN Without the News?
Launches closest to HN Without the News in the register: A HN clone for happy/uplifting news, AskHN. Each has its own page with its current status.

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How we know. Show HN and Product Hunt entries are judged by asking the domain whether it still answers: gone means it no longer resolves, refuses the connection, serves a parking page, or says plainly that it has shut down. An HTTP error is not counted as gone — a server that answers 404 is one somebody still pays for. Y Combinator entries use the status YC itself publishes (active, inactive, acquired or public), which is why only those can say acquired or public. Search the whole register.