It would certainly help if the algorithm used to compute these metrics were shared and dissected. I tend to believe that sentiment analysis is much more art than science, given how tricky and profound context can be.
To conclude, I'm not going to end this comment on a negative note. I'd much rather reserve my vitriol and caustic criticism for another thread and day and abstain from calling this an attempt at gaming HN to promote a startup.
I do this not out of a lack of indignation towards what I've just read, but because I'd like to end this seemingly hateful comment on a note that isn't bitter or negative but is instead quite the opposite (without using a single word that would help the OP's algorithm figure this out).
And with that, I throw down the gauntlet. Analyze this!