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LLM-based sentiment analysis of Hacker News posts between Jan 2020 and June 2023

We analyzed topics covered by 100k Hacker News posts and the sentiments they evoke using LLMs. See the 14k topics we uncovered.

Our dutiful LLM took the job as a virtual community moderator and went through 100k comment threads in about 9 hours, reading through 230M words consisting of the full emotional gamut of bitterness, passion, wisdom, humor, and love. Love 😍Hate 😠ProgrammingFTXComputer SciencePolice MisconductOpen SourceSam Bankman-FriedPythonXinjiangGame DevelopmentTortureRustEmployee MonitoringElectronicsCost CuttingMathematicsRacial ProfilingFunctional ProgrammingOnline Safety BillProgramming LanguageWar on TerrorPhysicsAtlassianEmbedded SystemsCSAMSelf ImprovementNYPDDatabaseAlameda ResearchUnixInternational StudentsAstronomyTSARetro ComputingEarn It ActNostalgiaCar FeaturesDebuggingBloatwareGeeks, nerds, and hackers should find themselves right at home! It is worth clarifying though that Hacker News does not hate International Students, but the posts related to them tend to be overwhelmingly negative, reflecting the community’s sympathy for the challenges faced by those studying abroad.

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