documentary · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
Lake Peigneur Drilling Accident
ankerssm · 2 HN recommenders · 2 recommendation months
Recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 months (2020–2026).
SignalTube analysis
Among 139 other documentary videos tagged Documentaries & storytelling, the mean is 3.0 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 2 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 2 distinct months; the peer average is 2.9 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 2020–2026; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 8 minutes 24 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2017-01-10.
- Channel / speaker
- ankerssm
- Verified runtime
- 8m 24s
- YouTube upload date
- 2017-01-10
- Hacker News mention years
- 2020–2026
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other documentary 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Peigneur Drilling AccidentCurrent video | 2 | 2 | 50% | — | 8m 24s | 2017-01-10 |
| Video explains the world's most important 6-sec drum loopdocumentary · Landon Proctor | 15 | 11 | 75% | No recorded overlap | 18m 9s | 2006-02-21 |
| The Century of the Self (Full Adam Curtis Documentary)documentary · David Lessig | 13 | 13 | 65% | No recorded overlap | 234m 44s | 2015-07-09 |
| TIMELAPSE OF THE FUTURE: A Journey to the End of Time (4K)documentary · melodysheep | 13 | 12 | 65% | No recorded overlap | 29m 21s | 2019-03-20 |
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 contextual reference in “One of the largest salt mines in the world exists under Lake Erie”. Its short rationale: the source snapshot has no short rationale for this mention.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Was an ancient bacterium awakened by an industrial accident?”. Its short rationale: Short documentary with footage of the accident.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “What is the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?”. Its short rationale: Footage of a barge pulled into the whirlpool.