Public Sentiment Market Research
Occlusion does not treat public discussion as truth. It treats it as evidence of how people are interpreting the world.
Why sentiment alone is not enough
Social listening and sentiment analysis can tell you mood. They struggle to tell you whether mood matches sources — or when a story spread faster than the evidence.
Public discussion vs source evidence
Public sentiment market research gets useful when discussion is compared to filings, company pages, archives, and other primary sources — not when it is scored in isolation.
How loud discourse can mislead
Hot takes amplify quickly. Structural evidence often moves quietly. Market sentiment that ignores source quality overweight what is visible.
How small communities can notice things early
Niche Reddit subs, Hacker News threads, and specialist forums sometimes surface shifts before mainstream coverage. The job is to connect that discussion to durable sources — not to treat every early thread as prophecy.
Why Occlusion compares discussion against sources
Occlusion maps public consensus signals alongside source evidence so you can see narrative formation — when belief attached to which material, and where the story may be getting ahead of facts.
What makes public sentiment useful
Sentiment becomes useful when it is dated, sourced, and compared. That is public opinion analysis for research — not a trading signal.