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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

Public Sector Wages

126 posts · 4,252 engagement · first seen 29 Nov 2011 · last seen 17 Jun 2026

The post expresses sorrow over the reality of rising living costs and stagnant wages, particularly in public sector jobs, highlighting growing economic inequality.

Stance breakdown

How the per-edge framings classify across 113 classified edges. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.

11%
81%
Supportive 12 Critical 92 Dismissive 1 Neutral / explainer 2 Mocking 6

Sentiment breakdown

Whole-post emotional valence across 113 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.

9%
13%
78%
Positive 10 Neutral 15 Negative 88

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
    5 posts · 1,259 engagement
    1,259
  • twitter
    8 posts · 550 engagement
    550
  • youtube
    98 posts · 416 engagement
    416
  • facebook
    2 posts · 135 engagement
    135

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.