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Twitter Says Americans Are Happier In the Morning

Posted by samzenpus on from the 140-character-science dept.

DWF3046 writes "There are lots of things you can infer from Twitter. But while we're learning what we're eating or where we're flying, we haven't been able to use Twitter to determine how we're feeling. Researchers at Harvard and Northwestern have created a video that shows the mood in the US, as inferred using over 300 million tweets, over the course of the day. The results? The early morning and late evening appear to provide the highest levels of happiness. Geographically, the data points to a significantly happier west coast, which is consistently three hours behind the east coast."

2 of 88 comments (clear)

  1. North Americans are retarded by kyrio · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'm happy all day long.

  2. Re:This kind of pap by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Late risers were more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs, watch too much TV and masturbate.

    Study was written by a morning person. Hidden camera footage revealed just as much masturbation among morning people... only they did it in the morning so the late-risers wouldn't find out about it.