by Ygg2 | 2025-05-07 12:49:25+00:00
Fine let's dig in: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... I'm analyzing the first page

First, a simple grading system: 0 - No RIIR sentiment 1- Joking or 2 - Mentioning Rust in positive light 3 - Suggesting Rust positive light for project 4 - Asking for RIIR, saying stuff like this wouldn't happen in Rust 5 - Demanding RIIR

| | | RIIR grade (0 -> 5) | Notes | | --- | --------------------------------------------- | ------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | 1 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43912708 | 4 | Parent post is talking about Rust | | 2 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43910022 | 0 | Talks about Fish rewrite | | 3 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43909844 | 0 | Discusses Issues | | 4 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43909222 | 1 | Jokey on RIIR | | 5 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43906665 | 0 | Talking about RIIR | | 6 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43905224 | 0 | Promotes a rewrite in C versus a Rust rewrite | | 7 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43897309 | 2 | Discusses Rust in positive light, but nothing about rewrite | | 8 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43865281 | 0 | Discusses negatives of JS backends | | 9 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43851214 | 0 | Talks about knowledge bias | | 10 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43851075 | 5 | RIIR (maybe joke) | | 11 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43840479 | 0 | RIIR is mentioned in passing, not actually used | | 12 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43833836 | 4 | RIIR suggestion | | 13 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43832828 | 0 | Advises against Rust | | 14 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43832638 | 0 | Not RIIR | | 15 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43832349 | 4 | Asks for RIIR (maybe jokingly) | | 16 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43827713 | 0 | Congratulates on Rewriting in C#/Unity | | 17 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43797673 | 0 | Neither it nor the GP are acually RIIR | | 18 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43791746 | 3 | Mentions Rust in positive light | | 19 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43791093 | 1 | Joke | | 20 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43791090 | 1 | Joke | | 21 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43781819 | 2 | Arguments for writing code in Rust | | 22 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43769094 | 5 | RIIR | | 23 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43768282 | 0 | Negative on RIIR | | 24 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43766357 | 0 | Explaining what RIIR means | | 25 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43766000 | 4 | Asks for RIIR | | 26 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43764348 | 0 | Discusses implementation in Rust | | 27 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43757201 | 0 | Talks about Rust | | 28 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43731538 | 2 | Mentions Rust in positive light |

In summary, there are 28 items on the first page, totalling 38 points. Doing an average, it's about 1.35 points, which suggest that on average, people are somewhere between joking about RIIR and mentioning Rust in positive light.

However actual number of RIIR between 2-5 depending how you look at it, 5-17%. Assuming the rest of pages have a similar spread, and that targeting only keywords of RIIR captures accurately the sentiment - I suspect the latter is the case. I've seen more negativity about Rust in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43910745 in few hours, than positivity about Rust in several days.

And I've seen my comments that are positive about Rust get way more downvoted, than comments skeptical or negative on Rust.