comedy · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
Passion | David Mitchell's SoapBox
David Mitchell's Soapbox · 2 HN recommenders · 2 recommendation months
Recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 months (2014–2017).
SignalTube analysis
Among 281 other comedy videos tagged Satire & parody, the mean is 0.6 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 2 distinct HN recommenders, about 3.1× that mean. Recommendations span 2 distinct months; the peer average is 0.6 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
50% of its 4 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2014–2017; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. A verified runtime is not present in the current metadata snapshot. A verified YouTube publication date is not present in the current metadata snapshot.
- Channel / speaker
- David Mitchell's Soapbox
- Verified runtime
- Not verified in the current YouTube metadata
- YouTube upload date
- Not verified
- Hacker News mention years
- 2014–2017
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other comedy videos in Satire & parody. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passion | David Mitchell's SoapBoxCurrent video | 2 | 2 | 50% | — | Not verified in the current YouTube metadata | Not verified |
| The Loving Trapcomedy · Ben Woodhams | 15 | 11 | 75% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| Erlang The Movie II: The Sequelcomedy · gar1t | 6 | 6 | 40% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| Uppestcase and Lowestcase Letters [advances in derp learning]comedy · suckerpinch | 5 | 4 | 71% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “You don't have to be a passionate programmer”. Its short rationale: Good take on the passion demand in jobs.
The archive classifies this as a joke in “What Doesn't Seem Like Work?”. Its short rationale: the source snapshot has no short rationale for this mention.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Rejected for a Job at the Container Store”. Its short rationale: Linked as supporting commentary on fake enthusiasm at work.