The submission rate is almost exponential.
Also goes to show how easy it is to churn out interesting articles by digging into the HN archives and picking up forgotten stories.
Sorry about that. I have a tendency to over-emote.
I was trying to highlight how the interest in this "relatively" obscure incident and character continues to exist.
I would love to see an infographic of the topics HN likes. That sounds like a really hairy problem, I will leave it to others. Then again my Python is a little rusty.
I get bothered by it regularly. I don't mind HN talking about it, because the people here are a bit different than the average joe, but...Over the last 3-4 years, i've been approached by three or four different filmmakers, some with fairly serious pedigrees, who were looking to adapt the AMA into a screenplay or documentary. I don't think its right to do that, for a variety of reasons, so I've politely declined. I did one podcast a few years ago that lasted like 3 hours, and just declined another podcast (Reddit's "Upvoted" series) a week or so ago.
Part of why I'm not too hot on talking about the whole Headroom thing is that invariably, people end up accusing me of being Max. Bleh. The guy who did the Vice/Motherboard article at one point even threatened to do as much. Didn't speak with him for months after that little stunt.
But despite all that, even though I'm a long-time HN user and hit this board multiple times a day most days, this is still the first time I've seen any reference to this incident. I, for one, am glad it got posted this time, as it's a pretty interesting story.
1.8 submissions per year is hardly "enamored". There's plenty of topics that get some 1.8 submissions per day for years. Considering how many of us WERE enamored with Max Headroom way back in the day, I'm surprised how indifferent we are to the subject now.
The submission rate is almost exponential. Also goes to show how easy it is to churn out interesting articles by digging into the HN archives and picking up forgotten stories.