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

Public Funding Transparency

323 posts · 73,984 engagement · first seen 18 Nov 2015 · last seen 25 Oct 2026

Debates and scrutiny surrounding the disclosure, accountability, and ethical use of public money in New Zealand, including government contracts, grants, ministerial spending, and the funding of public services and institutions.

Stance breakdown

How the per-edge framings classify across 128 classified edges. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.

52%
46%
Supportive 67 Critical 59 Dismissive 1 Neutral / explainer 1

Sentiment breakdown

Whole-post emotional valence across 129 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.

22%
71%
Positive 9 Neutral 29 Negative 91

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
    12 posts · 7,955 engagement
    7,955
  • twitter
    23 posts · 865 engagement
    865
  • reddit
    5 posts · 580 engagement
    580
  • youtube
    89 posts · 275 engagement
    275

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.