# Kin

Joseph Lau's kin is selling a luxury flat for US$12.8 million, while discussions around Microsoft's past Kin smartphone resurface.

### About Kin
KIN is a term used for family relationships and community groups, also appearing in various social media contexts.  

### Insights
- kin sentiment is up 44.93% from the previous week.
- kin engagements is up 573.54% from the previous week.
- kin posts created is up 353.46% from the previous week.

### Engagements: [----------] (24h)
![Engagements Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:kin/c:line/m:interactions/iv:1d.svg)  
[Engagements 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/kin/time-series/interactions.tsv)  
Current Value: [----------]  
Daily Average: [----------]  
[--] Week: [-----------] +574%  
[--] Month: [-----------] -54%  
[--] Months: [-------------] +26%  
[--] Year: [-------------] +54%  
1-Year High: [-----------] on 2025-12-22  
1-Year Low: [---------] on 2025-10-19  

Engagements by network (24h):
YouTube: [----------]
Instagram: [-----]
TikTok: [---------]
News: [-----]
Reddit: [-----]
X: [---------]

  
  
### Mentions: [------] (24h)
![Mentions Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:kin/c:line/m:posts_active/iv:1d.svg)  
[Mentions 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/kin/time-series/posts_active.tsv)  
Current Value: [------]  
Daily Average: [-----]  
[--] Week: [-----] -77%  
[--] Month: [------] +392%  
[--] Months: [------] +454%  
1-Year High: [------] on 2025-12-22  
1-Year Low: [-----] on 2025-02-15  

Mentions by network (24h):
YouTube: [-----]
Instagram: [--]
TikTok: [---]
News: [--]
Reddit: [---]
X: [-----]

  
  
### Creators: [-----] (24h)
![Creators Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:kin/c:line/m:contributors_active/iv:1d.svg)  
[Creators 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/kin/time-series/contributors_active.tsv)  
[-----] unique social accounts have posts mentioning Kin in the last [--] hours which is up 4.30% from [-----] in the previous [--] hours
Daily Average: [-----]  
[--] Week: [---] -77%  
[--] Month: [------] +585%  
[--] Months: [------] +347%  
1-Year High: [-----] on 2025-12-22  
1-Year Low: [-----] on 2025-02-15  

The most influential creators that mention Kin in the last [--] hours

| Creator                                               | Rank | Followers  | Posts | Engagements |
| -------                                               | ---- | ---------  | ----- | ----------- |
| [@upediashorts](/creator/youtube/upediashorts)        | [--]    | [----------] | [---]   | [---------]   |
| [@smidgeofpink](/creator/youtube/smidgeofpink)        | [--]    | [-------]    | [--]    | [-------]     |
| [@sakinayoongi](/creator/twitter/sakinayoongi)        | [--]    | [------]     | [--]    | [-------]     |
| [@dai_kin_edits](/creator/youtube/dai_kin_edits)      | [--]    | [-------]    | [--]    | [-------]     |
| [@kinoskin](/creator/youtube/kinoskin)                | [--]    | [------]     | [--]    | [-------]     |
| [@ivorymusicph](/creator/youtube/ivorymusicph)        | [--]    | [---------]  | [--]     | [-------]     |
| [@kienthuckinhte28](/creator/tiktok/kienthuckinhte28) | [--]    | [---------]  | [--]     | [-------]     |
| [@kienbatu34](/creator/tiktok/kienbatu34)             | [--]    | [------]     | [--]     | [-------]     |
| [@katelym](/creator/tiktok/katelym)                   | [--]    | [-------]    | [--]    | [------]      |
| [@jungewks](/creator/twitter/jungewks)                | [--]   | [-----]      | [--]    | [------]      |

[View More](/list/creators/kin/100)
  
  
### Sentiment: 73%
![Sentiment Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:kin/c:line/m:sentiment/iv:1d.svg)  
[Sentiment 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/kin/time-series/sentiment.tsv)  
Current Value: 73%  
Daily Average: 71%  
[--] Week: 100% +31%  
[--] Month: 53% -22%  
[--] Months: 53% -17%  
[--] Year: 53% -22%  
1-Year High: 92% on 2025-12-21  
1-Year Low: 12% on 2025-12-05  

Most Supportive Themes:
- Family and Community: (30%) Discussions about family relationships and community groups.
- Entertainment and Promotion: (25%) Content that is promotional or entertaining in nature.
- Gaming and Virtual Worlds: (20%) Discussions related to games and virtual environments.
  
Most Critical Themes:
- News and Crime: (15%) Mentions of news events, including crime and legal matters.
- Social Commentary and Opinion: (10%) Posts offering opinions or commentary on social issues.
  

### Top Kin News
Top news links shared on social in the last [--] hours  

*Showing a maximum of [--] news posts without a LunarCrush subscription.*  

"Hong Kong tycoon Joseph Laus kin sell Mid-Levels flat for US$12.8 million South China Morning Post Entity controlled by Laus eldest son Lau Ming-wai and former partner Yvonne Lui turns profit on deal amid firming prices in luxury segment"  
[News Link](https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3343288/hong-kong-tycoon-joseph-laus-kin-sell-mid-levels-flat-us128-million) [@SCMPNews](/creator/x/SCMPNews) 2026-02-12T08:01Z 968.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Is the Price Right for Microsoft's Kin Smartphone Mashable Is the Price Right for Microsoft's Kin Smartphone"  
[News Link](https://mashable.com/2010/05/05/microsoft-kin-pricing/) [@mashable](/creator/x/mashable) 2020-07-11T19:00Z 8.2M followers, 372.3K engagements


"Cultural hitchhiking and competition between patrilineal kin groups explain the post-Neolithic Y-chromosome bottleneck Nature Communications A population bottleneck 5000-7000 years ago in human males but not females has been inferred across several African European and Asian populations. Here Zeng and colleagues synthesize theory and data to suggest that competition among patrilineal kin groups produced the bottleneck pattern"  
[News Link](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-04375-6) [@NaturePortfolio](/creator/x/NaturePortfolio) 2019-01-04T21:01Z 2.1M followers, 930.4K engagements


"Kin Studio closing January 31st Verizon offers free phones to affected customers Though the final nail in the Microsoft Kin coffin has yet to be tapped into place the software that made the pair of ill-fated handsets strangely compelling will soon get the axe. Come January 31st Kin Studio will be no more effectively neutering existing Kin phones by removing them from the cloud. Theyll still be able to make calls send SMS email browse the web and even stream music via Zune Pass but their formerly live homescreens will become lifeless stripped of social networking functionality -- and will"  
[News Link](https://www.engadget.com/2010-12-11-kin-studio-closing-january-31st-verizon-offers-free-phones-to-a.html) [@engadget](/creator/x/engadget) 2010-12-11T18:51Z 2.3M followers, 372.3K engagements



### Top Kin Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

*Showing a maximum of [--] top social posts without a LunarCrush subscription.*

"Male violence was the greatest threat worldwide - to men and women alike. Both in terms of physical harms long-term labour coercion and a brutalising effect on masculinity forcing men to be tough. Any indicator of gender relations that ignores violence is surely incomplete The Ethnographic Atlas is often used to compare societies worldwide with scholars ranking them as more "female-friendly" if they permit pre-marital sex or girls maintain contact with natal kin. But this omits generalised violence & rulers' prerogative to capture sex slaves https://t.co/hy0AFxEgCz The Ethnographic Atlas is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_alice_evans/status/2022000510489047187) [@_alice_evans](/creator/x/_alice_evans) 2026-02-12T17:31Z 59.7K followers, [----] engagements


"The Ethnographic Atlas is often used to compare societies worldwide with scholars ranking them as more "female-friendly" if they permit pre-marital sex or girls maintain contact with natal kin. But this omits generalised violence & rulers' prerogative to capture sex slaves"  
[X Link](https://x.com/_alice_evans/status/2021999405302444514) [@_alice_evans](/creator/x/_alice_evans) 2026-02-12T17:26Z 59.7K followers, [----] engagements


"@zeyno_citlembik Can kin zd seni yanama alsn bana o kii kinse hemen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/cerezfamilya/status/2021997208795791758) [@cerezfamilya](/creator/x/cerezfamilya) 2026-02-12T17:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@CFCDaily How much does it cost Chelsea to execute conference league compared it to what they earn from the competition"  
[X Link](https://x.com/alamuekun/status/2021981186000924916) [@alamuekun](/creator/x/alamuekun) 2026-02-12T16:14Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

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