Method / Indicator

Generational

Behaviour explained by age cohort rather than by circumstance.

-10 harder on the old harder on the young 10

What raises it

• Explaining behaviour by age cohort rather than circumstance
• Discussing a cohort that is never quoted

What is never counted

• Reporting someone’s age
• Stories about age policy that quote the people affected

Highest in the last week

• 20 Sept, 08:04 · Cairns, QLD Cairns man dedicates his life savings to helping local kids thrive Generational +0.65
• 22 Sept, 09:04 · Mount Isa, QLD 13yo Mount Isa bull rider sets sights on Texas Generational +0.59
• 24 Sept, 01:09 Thoughts return to forbidden RAM upgrades as Raspberry Pi OS gets fresh lick of paint Generational +0.54

Lowest in the last week

• 23 Sept, 00:30 NVMe vs. SATA SSD: What's the difference between the two drive types? Generational -0.77
• 26 Sept, 01:04 · United Kingdom ‘Major milestone’: TfL to launch new public bus operator in London Generational -0.76
• 23 Sept, 18:03 · Victoria Report finds no evidence $40m youth program reduces offending Generational -0.71

Every reading is of the writing, not of whether the article is correct. The full method, including how the Niral Score is built, is on the Method page. Anything here can be checked against the API, which returns the same numbers with the words that produced them.

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