In August 2026 embedding-shape replied most to a three-way tie — Kon5ole, LoganDark and latexr — while latexr replied back most of all
Asked:
“On Hacker News, what other Hacker News user has the user "embedding-shape" most responded to, and what user has responded the most to comments made by "embedding-shape"? Don't consider submissions, only comments. Include all comments made by "embedding-shape", figure out what users they've most responded to, and what users has most responded to them. Do it specifically for August 2026, no other months.”
All 527 comments embedding-shape posted on Hacker News in August 2026 were scanned via the HN Algolia API. Counting only immediate parent–child comment replies (no submissions, no self-replies), the outbound side ties at 5 replies each to Kon5ole, LoganDark and latexr; the inbound side is won outright by latexr with 7 direct replies.
Top reply partners, both directions
Bars count direct comment-to-comment replies in August 2026 · hover a bar for the example thread · orange = the winners
August week by week
Comments made by embedding-shape and direct replies they received, per week of August 2026
Week 2 (Aug 8–14) was the peak: 209 of the 527 comments and 220 of the 613 direct replies received landed in that single week.
hn.algolia.comThe conversation is broad, not narrow: 398 distinct users were replied to and 442 distinct users replied back — the winners lead with only 5 and 7 replies.
news.ycombinator.comlatexr appears on both sides: tied first for replies received from embedding-shape and clear first for replies sent back, e.g. in “A faster way to calculate the day of the week”.
news.ycombinator.comOf 527 comments, 335 drew at least one direct reply, generating 613 inbound reply edges — more replies received than made.
hn.algolia.comThe winners
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