Analysis of Em Dash Density in Hacker News Show HN Posts
By
igor-peregudov
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Summary
A Hacker News user created a script to analyze em dash density in Show HN posts over the past week, ranking them by percentage of em dashes. The post being analyzed ranks 12th out of 668 posts with 0.6232% em dash density. The analysis reveals the top 4 highest density posts, all related to technical projects like AI-native memory tools and CEL (presumably a programming language or tool). The user expresses surprise at both the em dash usage patterns and the large number of Show HN posts in the timeframe.
Key quotes
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This post comes in 12th place out of 668 with 0.6232% em dash density.
I was also surprised by the large number of ShowHNs in the last week.
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