pretext
pretext is a Hacker News page with 3.7K followers, tracked by ViralHunt since February 2022. Across 143 tracked posts they have accumulated 22.5K total engagement — an average of 158 per post. Of their top posts, 2 have been measured more than once and 2 grew between readings, adding 1.7K engagement, the fastest of them by 76400%. Their engagement over the last 30 days is up 995% versus the previous month.
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Who is pretext?
pretext is a Hacker News creator with 3.7K followers. ViralHunt has tracked 143 of their posts since February 2022, 22.5K engagement in all, about 158 per post.
What is their most viral post?
Mass layoffs and absentee bosses create a morale crisis at Meta, posted Apr 12, 2023: 2.3K engagement, 579 points, which is 14.4 times their average post.
When does pretext post?
Mostly on Mondays, around 17:00 UTC: 36% of their tracked posts fall in the three hours around that time. Over the last 90 days they published about 9.4 posts a week.
Is pretext growing?
Their engagement over the last 30 days is up 995% against the 30 days before. Their newest tracked post is from Nov 10, 2026.
Which creators are similar?
On Hacker News, the creators ViralHunt ranks next to them: todsacerdoti, ingve, pseudolus, tosh, zdw.
When pretext posts
Hour of day and day of the week of every post ViralHunt has tracked from this creator (143 posts, times in UTC). The busiest hour and day are marked.
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