explainer · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
Simulating alternate voting systems
Primer · 2 HN recommenders · 2 recommendation months
Recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 months (2020–2026).
SignalTube analysis
Among 33 other explainer videos tagged Probability & game theory, the mean is 2.9 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.
20% of its 10 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 14 minutes 3 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2020-11-02.
- Channel / speaker
- Primer
- Verified runtime
- 14m 3s
- YouTube upload date
- 2020-11-02
- Hacker News mention years
- 2020–2026
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other explainer videos in Probability & game theory. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simulating alternate voting systemsCurrent video | 2 | 2 | 20% | — | 14m 3s | 2020-11-02 |
| Why Your Vote Doesn't Countexplainer · CGP Grey | 10 | 10 | 50% | No recorded overlap | 6m 31s | 2011-03-09 |
| Once you understand game theory, you understand the world.explainer · Veritasium | 10 | 8 | 59% | No recorded overlap | 27m 19s | 2023-12-23 |
| Why Being Delusional is a Superpowerexplainer · Veritasium | 9 | 9 | 45% | No recorded overlap | 12m 4s | 2020-08-28 |
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.
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