http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2252152
... I thought I'd present for your perusal some historical snapshots of the "newest" page. These are roughly one per month starting from Feb 2009.
Enjoy!
It would be more interesting to me to see snapshots of the top articles, as we move through time. That would also show us what the readers were deeming relevant.
OK - done: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2255435
Again, just one per month, taken on the 15th, and just one on that day, taken between 15:00 and 15:30 (except for Jan 2011 when that wasn't available)