commentary · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
Avoid These Words (And Not Just at Work)
Adam Savage’s Tested · 3 HN recommenders · 3 recommendation months
Recommended by 3 Hacker News commenters across 3 months (2024–2024).
SignalTube analysis
Among 5 other commentary videos tagged Management, leadership & organizations, the mean is 1.6 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 3 distinct HN recommenders, about 1.9× that mean. Recommendations span 3 distinct months; the peer average is 1.4 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
100% of its 3 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2024–2024; 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
- Adam Savage’s Tested
- Verified runtime
- Not verified in the current YouTube metadata
- YouTube upload date
- Not verified
- Hacker News mention years
- 2024–2024
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other commentary videos in Management, leadership & organizations. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avoid These Words (And Not Just at Work)Current video | 3 | 3 | 100% | — | Not verified in the current YouTube metadata | Not verified |
| DICKS: Do you need to be one to be a successful leader?commentary · Max Joseph | 3 | 3 | 75% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| Why 90% of Managers Are GARBAGE (The Professional Lie) | Steve Jobscommentary · Evan Carmichael | 2 | 2 | 29% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| The Cult of Conformity in Silicon Valleycommentary · Y Combinator | 2 | 1 | 40% | 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 “Only 5.3% of US welders are women. After years as a professor, I became one”. Its short rationale: Great video on dismissive problem-solving language.
The archive classifies this as a strong recommendation in “Xkcd 1425 (Tasks) turns ten years old today”. Its short rationale: Rant on the arrogance of 'Why don't you just...'.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Why Don't You Just”. Its short rationale: Why phrases like 'why don't you just' feel bad to receive.