What Data Is Being Tracked & Analyzed?
This platform continuously ingests and audits public reader discourse across Fox News articles (politics, opinion, us, world, media, health, tech, science). Every 3 hours, our automated pipeline captures newly published stories and traverses the underlying OpenWeb / Hedgehog comment engine to collect both top-level root comments and full nested reply threads, along with net upvote scores, moderation states, and immutable commenter profile IDs.
Total Deduped Comments
Unique root comments + nested replies captured across all Fox News stories.
Tracked Fox Articles
Distinct Fox News articles with active comment sections ingested by the scraper.
Unique User Profiles
Distinct immutable OpenWeb user IDs (tracks accounts even if they change display names).
24-Hour Velocity
New Fox News comments & replies posted within the last 24 hours.
7-Day Volume
Cumulative comments posted across all monitored sections in the past 7 days.
Hidden / Sentinel Score
Comments assigned internal OpenWeb sentinel scores (≤ -9999) indicating collapsed state.
Hourly Posting Rhythm (EST) — Live Filtered
Shows active hours by EST. Updates instantly when filters change.
Volume by Fox News Section — Live Filtered
Comment distribution across Fox beats for current filters.
Live Filtered Comment Stream ( matching)
| Posted (EST) | Commenter | Section | Article & Excerpt | Upvotes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Tracked Fox News Articles ( stories)
Power Users & Alias Tracker ( accounts)
| Hash | Display Name & Aliases | Names | Comments | Articles | Reply % | Avg Upvotes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|