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Monitor the mood states of Hacker News in real time

51 points| chrisvxd | 11 years ago |themoodtool.com | reply

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[+] moe|11 years ago|reply
It would be cool if the chart would link to a random sample comment for each sentiment, to see how accurate it is.
[+] astazangasta|11 years ago|reply
It's more like a real mood ring if there is no way to verify its accuracy.
[+] smoyer|11 years ago|reply
What really pisses me off about this application is the apparent lack of anger on HN. Isn't anyone mad anymore? (but perhaps I'll see a spike now?)
[+] smoyer|11 years ago|reply
That worked surprisingly fast!

On another note, I'm interested in knowing how "confusion" is gauged - I suspect it might be picking up those asking for clarification as well as those who are truly confused. There seems to be too much confusion for this crowd (unless it's only measuring me).

[+] tomjen3|11 years ago|reply
Whenever I post something in anger it gets downvoted, so that may be the issue?
[+] teamhappy|11 years ago|reply
Apparently we're confused most of the time.
[+] f0under|11 years ago|reply
Very cool - would you mind elaborating on the tools you used to analyze the sentiment? Any open source ones / is the source available for reuse? Would love to apply this to other areas.
[+] chrisvxd|11 years ago|reply
The tools are bespoke, and right now I don't plan on open sourcing them. I can't say what the future holds though, so watch this space.
[+] tomw1808|11 years ago|reply
Interesting. Do you have any more details about the used algorithms?
[+] chrisvxd|11 years ago|reply
Afraid I can't at this stage
[+] peeters|11 years ago|reply
Cool tool! One thing I really hate about it (in an entirely exaggerated way) is how the stupid filters reset themselves every few seconds if you're in live mode.
[+] chrisvxd|11 years ago|reply
Yeaaah.. me too... but MVP!
[+] funkyy|11 years ago|reply
I find colors of the chart very confusing. IMO red should be anger and blue should be calm. Then according to mood adjust coloring from blue to red.
[+] acqq|11 years ago|reply
What is the supposed meaning of the minus mood? Please explain the points: one, elation +0.25, another point: elation -0.67.
[+] nwhite89|11 years ago|reply
Really nice tool, would be nice to be able to use the tool along with a Hashtag or a @username. Keep up the good work!
[+] AliAdams|11 years ago|reply
Would be interesting to see if it is anything to do with what part of the world is posting at a certain time.