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TheBigEasyTheBigEasy Registered User regular
edited July 2008 in Debate and/or Discourse
Hi there,

maybe its old news, but it was new news to me :). So here goes ...

First watch this:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jonathan_harris_tells_the_web_s_secret_stories.html

and than go to www.wefeelfine.org.

I think this is an absolutely amazing project and shows how awesome the intarwebs can be, if you look past the crap.

The different possibilities of displaying the data are amazing. And even more so is the click on the sentence, which takes you to the source of it ...

Discuss!

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  • amateurhouramateurhour One day I'll be professionalhour The woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    So is there debate and discourse here, or are you just trolling to pimp your site?

    edit: It looks like a cult

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  • AldoAldo Hippo Hooray Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    amateurhour wrote: »
    So is there debate and discourse here, or are you just trolling to pimp your site?

    edit: It looks like a cult
    Yes, because when you're on TED you really need to whore yourself out on some webcomic forum.

    I think the guy has a terrible lisp, but his ideas on how we define ourself make sense. It's sometimes easier to define a community by what they consider themselves not to be than trying to define said community an sich. (see also: orientalism)

    Anyway, this thread can go many ways, hopefully not the "bash the new guy till he packs up and leaves our glorious tree house"-direction.

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  • mrflippymrflippy Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Could you perhaps write a short description of what this is about?

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    url="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6713795/projects/wordsearch/index.html"]Wordsearch[/url
  • YarYar Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Could someone, preferably the OP since it is his implied burden, give me the gist of this before I watch a 15 minute movie and then go load some huge app into my browser?

    EDIT: Showin' how funky strong is your fight, just BEAT'D

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  • ElJeffeElJeffe Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2008
    What Yar said. This is potentially really cool, but we need some sort of description for what to expect.

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  • WingoWingo Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I don't know why, but being greeted by a big-red-and-empty-'cept-for-text heart that takes up half of the screen is slightly creepy. For me, at least.

    So, what exactly is that? Some kind of data display concerning feelings? Something like "80% angst in Western regions"? I'm a little confused here.

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  • AldoAldo Hippo Hooray Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Wingo wrote: »
    I don't know why, but being greeted by a big-red-and-empty-'cept-for-text heart that takes up half of the screen is slightly creepy. For me, at least.

    So, what exactly is that? Some kind of data display concerning feelings? Something like "80% angst in Western regions"? I'm a little confused here.
    It's a database that collects all information on feelings posted in the blogosphere and presents it in fun-to-play-around-with diagrams etc. You can get a lot of information about what feelings people describe, but it seems to be mostly fun to see what the hell people ramble on about in life.

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  • ElJeffeElJeffe Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2008
    Aldo wrote: »
    Wingo wrote: »
    I don't know why, but being greeted by a big-red-and-empty-'cept-for-text heart that takes up half of the screen is slightly creepy. For me, at least.

    So, what exactly is that? Some kind of data display concerning feelings? Something like "80% angst in Western regions"? I'm a little confused here.
    It's a database that collects all information on feelings posted in the blogosphere and presents it in fun-to-play-around-with diagrams etc. You can get a lot of information about what feelings people describe, but it seems to be mostly fun to see what the hell people ramble on about in life.

    It's also cool in that you can limit it based on various criteria. Wanna see what 0-10 year old girls living in Iowa are thinking? You can do that. Also, you're really creepy seriously what the fuck is wrong with you.

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  • mrflippymrflippy Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    ElJeffe wrote: »
    Aldo wrote: »
    Wingo wrote: »
    I don't know why, but being greeted by a big-red-and-empty-'cept-for-text heart that takes up half of the screen is slightly creepy. For me, at least.

    So, what exactly is that? Some kind of data display concerning feelings? Something like "80% angst in Western regions"? I'm a little confused here.
    It's a database that collects all information on feelings posted in the blogosphere and presents it in fun-to-play-around-with diagrams etc. You can get a lot of information about what feelings people describe, but it seems to be mostly fun to see what the hell people ramble on about in life.

    It's also cool in that you can limit it based on various criteria. Wanna see what 0-10 year old girls living in Iowa are thinking? You can do that. Also, you're really creepy seriously what the fuck is wrong with you.

    I'm more interesting in knowing how it tracks 0 year old's feelings.

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    url="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6713795/projects/wordsearch/index.html"]Wordsearch[/url
  • YarYar Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    ElJeffe wrote: »
    It's also cool in that you can limit it based on various criteria. Wanna see what 0-10 year old girls living in Iowa are thinking? You can do that. Also, you're really creepy seriously what the fuck is wrong with you.
    Dude, he who smelt it, dealt it.

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  • TheBigEasyTheBigEasy Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Aldo wrote: »
    Wingo wrote: »
    I don't know why, but being greeted by a big-red-and-empty-'cept-for-text heart that takes up half of the screen is slightly creepy. For me, at least.

    So, what exactly is that? Some kind of data display concerning feelings? Something like "80% angst in Western regions"? I'm a little confused here.
    It's a database that collects all information on feelings posted in the blogosphere and presents it in fun-to-play-around-with diagrams etc. You can get a lot of information about what feelings people describe, but it seems to be mostly fun to see what the hell people ramble on about in life.

    What he said basically ...

    The coded an engine, which searches the net for key words/feelings (so far only in english). They collect the data and you have a couple of ways to display them. The application shows the sentence in which the key word is used and you have the possibility to click on it and get to the source post of the sentence.

    Sometimes you come away with really strange posts, but mostly its real people blogging about their live. I just find it fascinating what you can find out about the blogoshpere and get a glimpse into other peoples lives.

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  • AldoAldo Hippo Hooray Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    ElJeffe wrote: »
    Aldo wrote: »
    Wingo wrote: »
    I don't know why, but being greeted by a big-red-and-empty-'cept-for-text heart that takes up half of the screen is slightly creepy. For me, at least.

    So, what exactly is that? Some kind of data display concerning feelings? Something like "80% angst in Western regions"? I'm a little confused here.
    It's a database that collects all information on feelings posted in the blogosphere and presents it in fun-to-play-around-with diagrams etc. You can get a lot of information about what feelings people describe, but it seems to be mostly fun to see what the hell people ramble on about in life.

    It's also cool in that you can limit it based on various criteria. Wanna see what 0-10 year old girls living in Iowa are thinking? You can do that. Also, you're really creepy seriously what the fuck is wrong with you.

    I'm trying to think if practical uses, now. How would a (social) scientist use all this information?

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  • mrflippymrflippy Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Oh hey you can click on the dots too.

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    url="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6713795/projects/wordsearch/index.html"]Wordsearch[/url
  • MikeManMikeMan Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    ElJeffe wrote: »
    Aldo wrote: »
    Wingo wrote: »
    I don't know why, but being greeted by a big-red-and-empty-'cept-for-text heart that takes up half of the screen is slightly creepy. For me, at least.

    So, what exactly is that? Some kind of data display concerning feelings? Something like "80% angst in Western regions"? I'm a little confused here.
    It's a database that collects all information on feelings posted in the blogosphere and presents it in fun-to-play-around-with diagrams etc. You can get a lot of information about what feelings people describe, but it seems to be mostly fun to see what the hell people ramble on about in life.

    It's also cool in that you can limit it based on various criteria. Wanna see what 0-10 year old girls living in Iowa are thinking? You can do that. Also, you're really creepy seriously what the fuck is wrong with you.

    :lol:

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  • mrflippymrflippy Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    It annoys me when people say things like "I feel that everyone should know the truth about the meat packing industry" (or whatever) when that really isn't a feeling.

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    url="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6713795/projects/wordsearch/index.html"]Wordsearch[/url
  • deadonthestreetdeadonthestreet Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    mrflippy wrote: »
    Oh hey you can click on the dots too.
    Stop it, that's annoying.

    Anyway this thing is kinda neat but I'm not sure that I'll ever use it again.

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    edited July 2008
    mrflippy wrote: »
    Oh hey you can click on the dots too.

    Join the army they said.
    See the world they said.
    I'd rather be sailing.

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    every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.

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  • amateurhouramateurhour One day I'll be professionalhour The woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    See, now this looks really cool.

    Also, I didn't mean to come off as harsh as I did, and I apologize bigeasy, for the record.

    the OP originally consisted of "hey, this link is cool, and so is this one, check them out!" which 99% of the time is spam.

    sorry again.

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