bullshit-detector

satirical browser extension that detects corporate buzzwords on webpages

A joke browser extension mocking corporate jargon surfaced on Hacker News (rank 11 in a 41-row pool) but has zero presence on GitHub trending, social platforms, or developer communities. The single-source signal with no cross-platform traction suggests ephemeral humor rather than substantive developer interest.

Why now: Appears to have been submitted to Hacker News as Show HN or similar, gaining temporary visibility in a small daily pool of submissions before disappearing without cross-platform pickup.

• Only Hacker News shows signal (rank 11/41, score 55) — no GitHub, X, Reddit, Dev.to, or Bluesky presence
• Source count = 1 with consensus confidence of 19/100
• Pool context shows 160/200 entities are single_source noise; this fits the pattern
• Zero external rank gap because no other feeds picked it up — not divergence, just absence

Considerations: HN rank 11 in a small 41-row pool could indicate genuine if brief amusement; satirical tools occasionally gain unexpected traction. However, no GitHub stars velocity, no forks, no social sharing, and the repository name itself signals non-serious intent. Likely a Show HN post that flared and died.

EMERGING SIGNAL · Ignore: No signal worth tracking; if monitoring HN for humor-to-product pivots, set alert only if GitHub stars exceed 500 or second source appears.

Sources: Hacker News mentions of SerhiiKorniienko/bullshit-detector