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Here's the raw dataset: https://asof.app/static/hn_viral_dataset.json https://asof.app/static/hn_viral_dataset.json 159 stories that hit score 100 in my tracki
by JoseOSAF 9mo ago
Here's the raw dataset: https://asof.app/static/hn_viral_dataset.json https://asof.app/static/hn_viral_dataset.json
159 stories that hit score 100 in my tracking, with HN points, comments, and first-seen timestamp.
Methodology:
- Snapshots every 30 minutes (1,576 total)
- Filtered to score=100 (my tracking cap)
- Deduped by URL, kept first occurrence
- Date range: Dec 2025 - Jan 2026
For sentiment, I ran GPT-4 on the full article text with a simple positive/negative/neutral classification. Not perfect but consistent enough to see the 2:1 pattern.
- SamInTheShell 9mo agoThought about this during the morning. I'm run the posts through ministral3:3b, mistral-small3.2:24b, and gpt-oss:20b this weekend to build a sentiment mapping and see what I get. I'm optimistic about ministral3:3b, but the other two are pretty good at this type of stuff.
- JoseOSAF 9mo agoInteresting, would love to see the results. I'll be checking back here if you care to share them.
- SamInTheShell 9mo agoYeah, I plan to do a follow up comment with data and results.