This site tracks the moods reported in entries by all LiveJournal users over time. Note the spike in “shocked” right after the London bombings.
http://ilps.science.uva.nl/cgi-bin/livejournal/mood?shocked
{ 2005 07 11 }
Jay McGavren’s Journal
Not Just A Force Of Nature
jdredd5150 | 11-Jul-05 at 1:39 pm | Permalink
okay, but what’s the count? hundreds, thousands?
and what am i forgetting about reading graphs when i’m seeing 2 sets of disparate numbers on each side?
nephariuz | 11-Jul-05 at 6:31 pm | Permalink
Hrmmm… I don’t actually know why there’s two sets of numbers. I’m guessing that there’s no multiplier, though; the peak is probably 800. (Or 200. Or somewhere in between.)
I say this because the top of the graph for the “recumbent” mood is “12″, and it’s hard to imagine 120 or 1200 people being “recumbent” at once. :P
jdredd5150 | 11-Jul-05 at 7:06 pm | Permalink
yeah, but only 800 people being shocked in regards to the bombings? that seems awfully low, considering the number of lj accounts.
nephariuz | 12-Jul-05 at 12:28 am | Permalink
How consistent are people about logging their moods, though? How many moods are there to pick besides “shocked”? And of course, one can’t rule out that there’s a flaw in their data-gathering process.