Rip.so
Ranked 2 of 4 websites by recommenders
People enjoy this charming, concise site cataloguing dead internet things, but critics say much of its text looks AI-generated.
People enjoy this charming, concise site cataloguing dead internet things, but critics say much of its text looks AI-generated.
19 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 9
- approval share
- 53%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1.1 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Fun, charming, readable writing
“This is fun, but I think the site needs a clearer distinction between”
Comment from 29 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Rip.so – a graveyard for dead internet things” “This is weirdly charming and a little sad in the best way.”
Comment from 29 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Rip.so – a graveyard for dead internet things” “LOVE this! I also love how concise and readable it is...”
Comment from 29 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Rip.so – a graveyard for dead internet things” - Comment from 3 May 2026 in “Show HN: Rip.so – a graveyard for dead internet things”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Text looks AI-generated
“The text on all pages looks very much LLM-generated, and I think all "user comments" there are fake too.”
Comment from 29 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Rip.so – a graveyard for dead internet things” “Heartwarming: even if you die and nobody cares, an AI can write your eulogy!”
Comment from 29 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Rip.so – a graveyard for dead internet things” “This is the sort of nonsensical turn of phrase that AI writes.”
Comment from 29 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Rip.so – a graveyard for dead internet things” - Comment from 29 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Rip.so – a graveyard for dead internet things”
- Comment from 29 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Rip.so – a graveyard for dead internet things”
- Comment from 29 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Rip.so – a graveyard for dead internet things”
Narrow scope, needs screenshots
“This would be great if it had screenshots of each dead thing”
Comment from 29 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Rip.so – a graveyard for dead internet things” “this is interesting, but very narrowly scoped”
Comment from 29 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Rip.so – a graveyard for dead internet things”
Other websites people recommend
The three most recommended other websites, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire Hathaway website | 13 | 2 | 87% | 4 | — | Approved |
| Rip.soThis page | 10 | 9 | 53% | 2 | — | — |
| Ravaan.art | 6 | 2 | 75% | 1 | — | — |
| toregard.art | 5 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
15 of the 19 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I had a genuine blast reading, thank you!”
“all the content is LLM generated”
“This is the sort of nonsensical turn of phrase that AI writes.”
“This is weirdly charming and a little sad in the best way.”
“This would be great if it had screenshots of each dead thing”
“This is fun, but I think the site needs a clearer distinction between”
“it goes to grey on grey on the item descriptions for that low contrast Apple like feeling.”
“LOVE this! I also love how concise and readable it is...”
“Pretty much all articles are just slop-text.”
“Pretty much every text is slop-generated.”
“'Coming up in the graveyard' makes it sound like something's gonna arrive here like it's newly dead”
“The text on all pages looks very much LLM-generated, and I think all "user comments" there are fake too.”
“this is interesting, but very narrowly scoped”
“Heartwarming: even if you die and nobody cares, an AI can write your eulogy!”
“the flashing bright yellow banner is painful to the eyes”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.