Ouch. Was that necessary?
I used $1000 worth of GPU credits and threw in VADER because it’s basically free both in time and credits.
I usually do this on large dataset out of pure interest in how it correlates with expensive methods on English language text.
I am well aware of how VADER works and its limitations, I am also aware of the limitations of all sentiment analysis.
I can't really think of many NLP things that are one-decade old and don't have a better / faster / cheaper alternative.
I mean he did use the state of the art for his work, he just checked how much better it actually was in comparison to a much simpler algorithm and thought the cost/benefit ratio to be questionable... At least that's what I read from his comments
It's like saying I chose barefoot walking to get to the next town and while admittedly it was a painfull and not pleasant experience, it was free. I did try a helicopter service but that was very expensive for my use case.
People are pointing out you could have used a bicycle instead.