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.

Rolling 7 days is a sliding live window for “current vibes”; switch to Weekly to compare specific weeks side-by-side.

Weekly Rolling 7 days

live window

Topic · social

Government Economic Credibility

164 posts · 15,595 engagement · first seen 8 Jun 2022 · last seen 18 Jun 2026

A political commentary piece debates the push to loosen heavy vehicle restrictions in New Zealand, advocates for rail and shipping as sustainable alternatives, and critiques government economic performance amid fuel crises, public fatigue, and AI-driven job cuts.

Stance breakdown

How the per-edge framings classify across 150 classified edges. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.

81%

Supportive 3 Critical 121 Dismissive 11 Neutral / explainer 1 Mocking 14

Sentiment breakdown

Whole-post emotional valence across 150 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.

90%

Positive 5 Neutral 10 Negative 135

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.

reddit

7 posts · 3,337 engagement

3,337
twitter

9 posts · 2,407 engagement

2,407
facebook

5 posts · 1,583 engagement

1,583
youtube

129 posts · 1,469 engagement

1,469

Government Economic Credibility

Stance breakdown

Sentiment breakdown

Platform mix

Top posts by engagement