documentary · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
The Dolphin House
Atrocity Guide · 2 HN recommenders · 2 recommendation months
Recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 months (2021–2025).
SignalTube analysis
Among 19 other documentary videos tagged Animals & nature, the mean is 2.7 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 2 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 2 distinct months; the peer average is 2.7 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
75% of its 4 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2021–2025; 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
- Atrocity Guide
- Verified runtime
- Not verified in the current YouTube metadata
- YouTube upload date
- Not verified
- Hacker News mention years
- 2021–2025
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other documentary videos in Animals & nature. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Dolphin HouseCurrent video | 2 | 2 | 75% | — | Not verified in the current YouTube metadata | Not verified |
| Dominion (2018) - full documentary [Official]documentary · Farm Transparency Project | 10 | 12 | 65% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| Dick Proenneke in Alone in the Wildernessdocumentary · swererbob | 10 | 8 | 77% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| The Intense 8 Hour Hunt | Attenborough Life of Mammals | BBC Earthdocumentary · BBC Earth | 6 | 6 | 30% | 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 “DolphinGemma: How Google AI is helping decode dolphin communication”. Its short rationale: Covers John Lilly's dolphin experiments and LSD-fueled beliefs.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Scientists Find an 'Alphabet' in Whale Songs”. Its short rationale: Documentary on researchers trying to teach dolphins English.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “John C. Lilly ‘modified human agents’ human/dolphin neuropsychology experiment's”. Its short rationale: Summarizes Lilly's life and work, including his later drug abuse.