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Flash Mob Gone Wrong | Tom Scott | Ignite
Ignite Talks - Smart Ideas From Around the World · 1 HN recommenders · 1 recommendation months
Recommended by 1 Hacker News commenters across 1 months (2012–2020).
SignalTube analysis
There are too few matching talk videos tagged Documentaries & storytelling for a stable peer comparison. This video has 1 distinct HN recommender across 1 recommendation month. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
33% of its 3 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2012–2020; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 5 minutes 40 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2010-11-04.
- Channel / speaker
- Ignite Talks - Smart Ideas From Around the World
- Verified runtime
- 5m 40s
- YouTube upload date
- 2010-11-04
- Hacker News mention years
- 2012–2020
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other talk videos in Documentaries & storytelling. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Mob Gone Wrong | Tom Scott | IgniteCurrent video | 1 | 1 | 33% | — | 5m 40s | 2010-11-04 |
| Major Brian Shul, USAF (Ret.) SR-71 Blackbird 'Speed Check'talk · Jan Johnson | 2 | 2 | 33% | No recorded overlap | 5m 59s | 2017-01-01 |
| Single Point of Failure: The (Fictional) Day Google Forgot To Check Passwordstalk · Tom Scott | 2 | 2 | 25% | No recorded overlap | 13m 5s | 2014-01-16 |
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 critical mention in “Yoloface-500k: ultra-light real-time face detection model, 500kb”. Its short rationale: the source snapshot has no short rationale for this mention.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Lies on the London Underground [video]”. Its short rationale: Excellent Ignite talk by a geek comedian.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “What Happens When You Taunt 4Chan: Story of Lacey Vicich ”. Its short rationale: the source snapshot has no short rationale for this mention.