"aged poorly" - top item has actually aged well with regards to how often it still comes up.

An interesting perspective would be the distributions of recommendations over time, to the point something could be attaining "cult status" even if its absolute number of recommendations is still relatively low - its distribution instead of being a bell curve would be on a slight incline.

https://share.gemini.google/aOxdepZJiHv5 (distribution plots)

Find the cult heroes! Show the plots.

Could also track links to usernames, or external urls within comments and in that respect, I use this script: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/502980-hackernews-links-re...