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Incels | ContraPoints
ContraPoints · 7 HN recommenders · 7 recommendation months
Recommended by 7 Hacker News commenters across 7 months (2018–2024).
SignalTube analysis
Among 35 other commentary videos tagged Social issues & culture, the mean is 1.9 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 7 distinct HN recommenders, about 3.7× that mean. Recommendations span 7 distinct months, longer than the peer average of 1.9 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
100% of its 8 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2018–2024; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 35 minutes 5 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2018-08-17.
- Channel / speaker
- ContraPoints
- Verified runtime
- 35m 5s
- YouTube upload date
- 2018-08-17
- Hacker News mention years
- 2018–2024
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other commentary videos in Social issues & culture. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incels | ContraPointsCurrent video | 7 | 7 | 100% | — | 35m 5s | 2018-08-17 |
| Music Theory and White Supremacycommentary · Adam Neely | 11 | 11 | 71% | No recorded overlap | 44m 2s | 2020-09-07 |
| Why Are You So Angry? Part 1: A Short History of Anita Sarkeesiancommentary · Innuendo Studios | 7 | 7 | 100% | No recorded overlap | 9m 36s | 2015-07-13 |
| Canceling | ContraPointscommentary · ContraPoints | 7 | 6 | 64% | No recorded overlap | 100m 28s | 2020-01-02 |
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 strong recommendation in “Incels need more mental health help, have "fundamental thinking errors"”. Its short rationale: Explores incel genesis and radicalization while building empathy.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Fake Men on Hinge”. Its short rationale: Good understanding of male online dating experience, notably around 17:00.
The archive classifies this as a strong recommendation in “Almost all of the top subreddits are moderated by the same people”. Its short rationale: Empathetic low-judgement deconstruction of incel worldview, aiding deradicalisation.