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What the picker changes
  • Top topics digest — the cards score the selected period against the prior 4 weeks.
  • 12-week heatmap & outlet matrix — show the 12 weeks ending at the selected week (they slide back with the picker, they aren’t a fixed snapshot).
  • Per-topic volume / alias drift — same 12-week trailing window, anchored on the selected period.
  • Coverage gap quadrant — scores the selected period against the 12 weeks before it (not including it).
  • Anomaly cards — only show alerts the detector fired during the selected period. Quiet weeks legitimately show none.
What stays as-is
  • Outlet orientation strip / lean colours — context-only, drawn from the last 12 weeks of activity regardless.
  • Co-occurrence graph — recent-activity anchored, not picker-driven.
  • Source & topic profiles — all-time data for the topic; the picker doesn’t affect them.
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Topic · social

Cost Of Living And Economic Collapse

165 posts · 29,474 engagement · first seen 5 Mar 2016 · last seen 21 Jul 2026

The ongoing pressure on New Zealand households and communities from rising prices, reduced purchasing power, and constrained public support, encompassing debates over supermarket pricing, welfare payments, food insecurity, and the adequacy of government economic policy.

Stance breakdown

How the per-edge framings classify across 153 classified edges. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.

88%
Supportive 6 Critical 134 Dismissive 2 Neutral / explainer 11

Sentiment breakdown

Whole-post emotional valence across 154 classified posts that reference this topic. Distinct from stance: a post can be supportive of the topic and still negative in tone (an angry supporter) — the two together capture the texture short-form posts compress into very few words.

94%
Positive 7 Neutral 3 Negative 144

Platform mix

Where the conversation is happening. Engagement is volume-weighted (likes + 2×shares + 3×replies); a small number of high-impact posts can outrank a high-volume but low-engagement platform.

  • facebook
    5 posts · 16,271 engagement
    16,271
  • reddit
    23 posts · 11,332 engagement
    11,332
  • youtube
    122 posts · 921 engagement
    921
  • twitter
    4 posts · 232 engagement
    232

Top posts by engagement

The most-engaged posts referencing this topic. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies; the order matches the digest ranking on /social.