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  • 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

Government Accountability

4141 posts · 287,556 engagement · first seen 29 Nov 2011 · last seen 22 Jul 2026

The mechanisms, standards, and obligations by which New Zealand's government, ministers, public servants, and Crown entities are held answerable to Parliament and the public for their decisions, expenditure, and conduct.

Stance breakdown

How the per-edge framings classify across 3826 classified edges. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.

27%
67%
Supportive 1028 Critical 2554 Dismissive 4 Neutral / explainer 75 Mocking 165

Sentiment breakdown

Whole-post emotional valence across 3836 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%
12%
77%
Positive 428 Neutral 462 Negative 2946

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
    122 posts · 127,274 engagement
    127,274
  • reddit
    218 posts · 46,234 engagement
    46,234
  • youtube
    3243 posts · 22,295 engagement
    22,295
  • twitter
    253 posts · 19,582 engagement
    19,582

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.