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Life & fun · July 16, 2018

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I ran sentiment analysis on Show HN comments and got the meanest ones

I ran sentiment analysis on Show HN comments and got the meanest ones launched on July 16, 2018 with 78 votes, #507 of 2,673 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.

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This project analyzes comments from Hacker News's Show HN section to identify the most negative ones. It uses sentiment analysis to process user feedback and surface the harshest comments from the community. The tool is useful for Show HN posters who want to understand critical reception of their projects or for anyone curious about the tone of technical community feedback. It provides insight into which comments received the most negative sentiment scores.

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