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Hacker News Trends Tool Indexes 18 Years of Comments

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from Hacker News ·

A new tool called Hacker News Trends indexes 18 years of comments from the popular tech forum, allowing users to search and visualize topic popularity over time. The project, shared on Hacker News, currently has 7 points and no comments. It offers a Google Trends-like interface for exploring tech discussions dating back to 2006.

Meridian48 take
While useful for data enthusiasts, the tool's value depends on how well it handles noise in unstructured comment data.
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