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How HN took it
1 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score -0.37.
Idea: 1 for, 5 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Interesting idea with room to expand to subreddit or hashtag comparisons
From 2 comments
This is a cool idea. Did you account for the smaller amount of users at night vs day? It might be even more interesting to do comparisons between subreddits and comparisons…
ninetax on HNLabel yo axis son. Expanding on this could lead to some interesting insights. How about "could of" and "could have"? and the old "could care less"...
brador on HN
Objections
Anyways and yea are dialect or pronunciation variants, not misspellings
From 3 comments
Quibble: I don't think I'd consider either "yea" or "anyways" misspellings per se, at least in informal chatting. "Anyways" is heard in some spoken dialects, so you'd expect it…
_delirium on HNI guess I'm disagreeing that they're "basic misspellings" in the first place, or related to someone's reading experience. Informal spoken English is often different from written…
_delirium on HN"Yea" pronounced "yay" is a valid word with practically the same meaning as "yeah" (affirmative). Granted "yea" is archaic and most of the instances you are catching are just…
mst3kzz on HN
Automated Readability Index measures characters, not syllables, so it is a weak metric
From 1 comment
Sample size is the anyway|anyways|yeah|yea instances. I get those as they get posted, so that's why it fluctuates with time. Since they're so commonly used, it should…
ddod on HN
Twitter spelling may be deliberate to save characters, muddling results
From 1 comment
There is somewhat of an incentive to consciously misspell words on Twitter to save characters which muddles potential analysis like this. Admittedly that doesn't apply here with…
gmu3 on HN
Requests
Compare subreddits or hashtags
From 2 comments
This is a cool idea. Did you account for the smaller amount of users at night vs day? It might be even more interesting to do comparisons between subreddits and comparisons…
ninetax on HNMaybe you could do a one time analysis of different subreddits rather than a time series analysis?
ninetax on HN
Add a y-axis label
From 1 comment
Label yo axis son. Expanding on this could lead to some interesting insights. How about "could of" and "could have"? and the old "could care less"...
brador on HN
Track other spellings such as could of or could have
From 1 comment
Label yo axis son. Expanding on this could lead to some interesting insights. How about "could of" and "could have"? and the old "could care less"...
brador on HN
Questions
How is Twitter sample size defined and why does it vary over time
From 1 comment
What exactly is Twitter sample size? If it means "the number of records processed", why does it vary over time? One way to approach the "significance" problem for smaller…
xaa on HN
Was the smaller night-time user count accounted for
From 1 comment
This is a cool idea. Did you account for the smaller amount of users at night vs day? It might be even more interesting to do comparisons between subreddits and comparisons…
ninetax on HN