# Rip.so

10 Hacker News commenters recommended Rip.so and 9 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People enjoy this charming, concise site cataloguing dead internet things, but critics say much of its text looks AI-generated.

## Why people recommend it

- Fun, charming, readable writing (4 comments): "This is fun, but I think the site needs a clearer distinction between" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47948914)) "This is weirdly charming and a little sad in the best way." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47949825)) "LOVE this! I also love how concise and readable it is..." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47947132))

## What people warn about

- Text looks AI-generated (6 comments): "The text on all pages looks very much LLM-generated, and I think all "user comments" there are fake too." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47946707)) "Heartwarming: even if you die and nobody cares, an AI can write your eulogy!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47946491)) "This is the sort of nonsensical turn of phrase that AI writes." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47950031))
- Narrow scope, needs screenshots (2 comments): "This would be great if it had screenshots of each dead thing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47949395)) "this is interesting, but very narrowly scoped" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47946701))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Rip.so", https://hackerapproved.com/p/rip-so/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).