HackerNoon Decoded 2024: Celebrating Our Society Community! | HackerNoon

Welcome to HackerNoon Decoded: Society Edition—the ultimate recap of the stories, writers, and trends that defined your 2024!

Society Wasn’t Perfect, But You Worked To Make It Better

If, tomorrow, you pick up a tech story, no one bats an eye. But when you say that society is doomed, everyone loses their minds!

But they’re not part of the 0.37% of readers who just can’t put down a society story.

Most Read Society Stories

Here are the top 10 stories that dominated the Society Category:

1. Supernormal Stimuli: Are We Amusing Ourselves to Death? by rtheory.xyz
2. Artisanal Power: How to Avert a Threatened Mass Casualty Event by Lucius Meredith
3. Four Thousand Years of Blood, Snot, and Tears by Bob Wright
4. The Human Roots of Rising Fascism by Kitt Hirasaki
5. Memes Pose a Threat to the US Financial System: RAND Report by The Sociable
6. Recollections of My Life: Part 1 by Bob Wright
7. In Vietnam, Porn Is Better Served and More Accessible Than Starbucks by The Frog Society
8. The Cultish Side of Everyday Life: How Everyday Language and Behavior Mimic Cult Dynamics by Rima Eneva
9. How To Resolve Conflicts With Your Superiors At Work by Vinita Bansal
10. After Uncle Sam Segregated America, Here’s How Everyday People Desegregate It by The Markup

Top 10 Society Readers

These readers couldn’t get enough of Society content:

1. Prabhjot Singh
2. Social Discovery Group
3. Matt Svetlak, Product Director at iScanner
4. Arya Sharan
5. David Kirichenko
6. Jesse Wood
7. rtheory.xyz
8. Nelson Arias
9. Arthur Weil
10. @junkj6090

Top 10 Society Writers

These prolific writers shaped our content landscape:

1. Legal PDF
2. EScholar
3. Tech Media Bias
4. Pro Publica
5. The Markup
6. Memeology
7. sarahevans
8. the frog society
9. Arya Sharan
10. Bob Wright

Take advantage of this recap and catch up on some of the most-read stories, subscribe to your favorite writers, or start writing yourself— try this writing template. You too could make this list by next year!

Thank You, Hacker!

We want to take a moment to thank you for your continued support and for choosing HackerNoon as your go-to platform for all things tech. Your engagement, feedback, and passion for sharing knowledge have helped make HackerNoon what it is today. We’re grateful to have you as part of this incredible community, and we can’t wait to see what you’ll achieve with us in 2025 and beyond!

Happy HackerNoon Decoded!