One week of the world's happiness
17 May 2010
This is a video I made that visualises a week of the world's happiness, as calculated by analysing randomly sampled Twitter messages.
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1/8
Michael Koukoullis commented on 17 May 2010 @ 11:48
Wow. For the most part, the world seems to be quite happy!
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Crappy commented on 17 May 2010 @ 12:13
Lovely. Glad to see top heavy happiness in the southern hemisphere.
Will sadness be next?
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Steve L commented on 17 May 2010 @ 13:26
hey China - cheer up
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karl commented on 17 May 2010 @ 13:45
You can tell it's hockey finals in Canada.
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Dustin Diaz commented on 17 May 2010 @ 14:01
I think the world is on crack.
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Andrew K. commented on 17 May 2010 @ 15:26
Hey USA and Western Europe - tweet less
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Scott Nellé commented on 18 May 2010 @ 01:50
I think this needs a soundtrack. Maybe "If you're happy and you know it."
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Dont't worry, be happy commented on 3 June 2010 @ 23:40
Being able to tweet means that you're past the basic survival level thus more likely to be happy!