Well I don't know about hacker news, but there is a study that says anger is the most viral feeling in social media, e.g. twitter. http://arxiv.org/pdf/1309.24

Well I don't know about hacker news, but there is a study that says anger is the most viral feeling in social media, e.g. twitter. http://arxiv.org/pdf/1309.2402v1.pdf http://arxiv.org/pdf/1309.2402v1.pdf