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Topic · social

Treaty Of Waitangi And Social Trust

51 posts · 1,207 engagement · first seen 19 Oct 2021 · last seen 18 Jun 2026

A satirical and reflective commentary that defends the metaphor of sheep to describe New Zealand citizens, arguing that the herd mentality reflects wisdom, resilience, and collective care rather than mindless apathy or submission.

Stance breakdown

How the per-edge framings classify across 44 classified edges. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.

91%
Supportive 3 Critical 40 Mocking 1

Sentiment breakdown

Whole-post emotional valence across 44 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.

93%
Positive 1 Neutral 2 Negative 41

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
    2 posts · 674 engagement
    674
  • facebook
    1 post · 172 engagement
    172
  • youtube
    41 posts · 102 engagement
    102

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.