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Monitor the mood states of Hacker News in real time

51 points by chrisvxd 12y ago

smoyer 12y ago
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 12y ago
  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).
  - smoyer 12y ago
    And suddenly a giant spike in confusion ... that needs a bit of tuning.
  - frozenport 12y ago
    As a mature audience who understand the fine tones of life, perhaps we simply phrase our statements as questions?
  - dlsym 12y ago
    > There seems to be too much confusion I can't get no relief Businessmen, they drink my wine Plowmen dig my earth None of them along the line know what any of it is worth
- tomjen3 12y ago
  Whenever I post something in anger it gets downvoted, so that may be the issue?
  - smoyer 12y ago
    I don't actually want to see more anger here ... I just wanted to see if I could influence the graph.
- teamhappy 12y ago
  Apparently we're confused most of the time.
  - corobo 12y ago
    Rename that to curious and I get it, confused seems a bit heavy
  - chrisvxd 12y ago
    Confusion is negative, so actually we're very sure of ourselves ;)
tomw1808 12y ago
Interesting. Do you have any more details about the used algorithms?
- chrisvxd 12y ago
  Afraid I can't at this stage
AliAdams 12y ago
Would be interesting to see if it is anything to do with what part of the world is posting at a certain time.
avinassh 12y ago
Which library you used for drawing charts? Looks slick.
- some1else 12y ago
  http://nvd3.org/ http://nvd3.org/ - Reusable charts for D3.js http://d3js.org/ http://d3js.org/ - Data driven documents
- chrisvxd 12y ago
  What he said... nvd3 and d3
peeters 12y ago
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 12y ago
  Yeaaah.. me too... but MVP!
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f0under 12y ago
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 12y ago
  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.
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moe 12y ago
It would be cool if the chart would link to a random sample comment for each sentiment, to see how accurate it is.
- astazangasta 12y ago
  It's more like a real mood ring if there is no way to verify its accuracy.
  - some1else 12y ago
    Here is a graph depicting desire for accuracy on Hacker News then: http://f.cl.ly/items/0f471x1F3Q063q0Z1e1Z/hn-graph.jpg http://f.cl.ly/items/0f471x1F3Q063q0Z1e1Z/hn-graph.jpg
acqq 12y ago
What is the supposed meaning of the minus mood? Please explain the points: one, elation +0.25, another point: elation -0.67.
funkyy 12y ago
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.
nwhite89 12y ago
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!

51 points by chrisvxd 12y ago

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 12y ago
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).
- smoyer 12y ago
  And suddenly a giant spike in confusion ... that needs a bit of tuning.
- frozenport 12y ago
  As a mature audience who understand the fine tones of life, perhaps we simply phrase our statements as questions?
- dlsym 12y ago
  > There seems to be too much confusion I can't get no relief Businessmen, they drink my wine Plowmen dig my earth None of them along the line know what any of it is worth
tomjen3 12y ago
Whenever I post something in anger it gets downvoted, so that may be the issue?
- smoyer 12y ago
  I don't actually want to see more anger here ... I just wanted to see if I could influence the graph.
teamhappy 12y ago
Apparently we're confused most of the time.
- corobo 12y ago
  Rename that to curious and I get it, confused seems a bit heavy
- chrisvxd 12y ago
  Confusion is negative, so actually we're very sure of ourselves ;)

tomw1808 12y ago

Interesting. Do you have any more details about the used algorithms?

chrisvxd 12y ago
Afraid I can't at this stage

AliAdams 12y ago

Would be interesting to see if it is anything to do with what part of the world is posting at a certain time.

avinassh 12y ago

Which library you used for drawing charts? Looks slick.

some1else 12y ago
http://nvd3.org/ http://nvd3.org/ - Reusable charts for D3.js http://d3js.org/ http://d3js.org/ - Data driven documents
chrisvxd 12y ago
What he said... nvd3 and d3

peeters 12y ago

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 12y ago
Yeaaah.. me too... but MVP!

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f0under 12y ago

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 12y ago
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.
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moe 12y ago

It would be cool if the chart would link to a random sample comment for each sentiment, to see how accurate it is.

astazangasta 12y ago
It's more like a real mood ring if there is no way to verify its accuracy.
- some1else 12y ago
  Here is a graph depicting desire for accuracy on Hacker News then: http://f.cl.ly/items/0f471x1F3Q063q0Z1e1Z/hn-graph.jpg http://f.cl.ly/items/0f471x1F3Q063q0Z1e1Z/hn-graph.jpg

acqq 12y ago

What is the supposed meaning of the minus mood? Please explain the points: one, elation +0.25, another point: elation -0.67.

funkyy 12y ago

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.

nwhite89 12y ago

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!