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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

Council Budget Transparency

48 posts · 9,459 engagement · first seen 24 Sep 2015 · last seen 7 Sep 2026

Debate and scrutiny surrounding the openness and accountability of New Zealand local councils' budgeting processes, spending decisions, rates setting, and financial reporting to ratepayers and the public.

Stance breakdown

How the per-edge framings classify across 18 classified edges. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.

33%
61%
Supportive 6 Critical 11 Dismissive 1

Sentiment breakdown

Whole-post emotional valence across 18 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.

11%
83%
Positive 2 Neutral 1 Negative 15

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.

  • twitter
    2 posts · 469 engagement
    469
  • facebook
    2 posts · 233 engagement
    233
  • reddit
    1 post · 99 engagement
    99
  • youtube
    13 posts · 88 engagement
    88

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.