Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Software Tracks Blogosphere Mood Swings

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the manic-depressive dept.

holy_calamity writes "Dutch researchers have figured out a way to measure the mood swings of the blogosphere. It can pick up peaks of flirtiness from bloggers around Valentine's Day and drunkenness at weekends, the plan is to create a search engine that returns the prevailing mood in the blogosphere about a topic. Companies are already interested in using it to track consumer confidence. What's the mood of Slashdot on this one?"

2 of 149 comments (clear)

  1. Can it detect the entire spectrum of moods? by koweja · · Score: 5, Funny

    From whiney to really pissed off?

  2. Tracking bad hair trends, too? by cno3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The software, called MoodViews, was created by Gilad Mishne and colleagues at Amsterdam University, The Netherlands. It tracks about 10 million blogs hosted by the US service LiveJournal.

    Monday - Mood: Emo
    Tuesday - Mood: Emo
    Wednesday - Mood: Emo ...