[yurylifshits]

Hey, thanks for posting it here. I am the author of the study. Here are some additional charts for fellow HNers:

Most voted words at HN:

http://ediscope.labs.yahoo.net/final/hackernews_positive.png

Least voted words at HN:

http://ediscope.labs.yahoo.net/final/hackernews_negative.png

These trends are pretty volatile. The data was collected at the time when Larry Page was announced to succeed Eric Schmidt. They were pretty hot that day.

Actually, original study was posted to HackerNews on Monday night (50+ votes, frontpage 1am-8am PST), but US audience has missed it. Thanks for repost and added comments :)