We Feel Fine

May 8, 2006 8:16 PM

We Feel Fineis an art project that finds sentences from blogs and stitches together a real-time picture of how the web community is feeling. The default visualization uses a particle system to show the most recent thousand feelings. You can also build your own set based on criteria, such as gender, age, or location. Click the heart menu and go to Mobs to watch the particles organize in impressive ways. The gestalt of the visualization is compelling, but the details are the best part. Some sample montages. Also see a related project, Love Lines, which uses the same API.
posted by spigoat (13 comments total)

That's fantastic. Really. Thanks for posting it.
posted by sien at 8:24 PM on May 8, 2006

Oh dear, addictive and hypnotic. Fie on you! (...and thank you!)
posted by Isabeau Sahen at 8:33 PM on May 8, 2006

insanely awesome, I love the spinkly little emotion balls bouncing about the place. not to mention the outrageously clever way of presenting misery.
posted by 6am at 8:34 PM on May 8, 2006

I didn't see "meh" as an emotion ball...

This is very cool.
posted by Biblio at 8:50 PM on May 8, 2006

Very cool.

By the way, the first time I clicked I got: "I'm pretty sure I'm not an unfuckable troll, but I'll be damned if it doesn't feel that way most of the time."
posted by soundofsuburbia at 1:13 AM on May 9, 2006

I really like it! What is that cute font they use for the blog quotes?
posted by creeky at 3:50 AM on May 9, 2006

too cool
posted by hypersloth at 6:11 AM on May 9, 2006

This is fascinating! Thank you.
posted by KAS at 6:28 AM on May 9, 2006

That is really amazing. I'm so glad you posted it.
posted by mygothlaundry at 6:42 AM on May 9, 2006

Very cool, thanks.

(By the way -- it works fine in Camino, so you can disregard that warning about Mac users if it's been screwing up in your Safari.)
posted by danb at 7:45 AM on May 9, 2006

[This is very cool.]
posted by squirrel at 8:47 AM on May 9, 2006

Truly excellent. I could spend all day reading snippets.
posted by annaramma at 10:14 AM on May 9, 2006

Am I the only one who just can't get this to load? Firefox and IE both fail.
posted by Shutter at 10:17 AM on May 9, 2006