Mining the Web for Feelings, Not Facts
Computers may be good at crunching numbers, but can they crunch feelings?
The rise of blogs and social networks has fueled a bull market in personal opinion: reviews, ratings, recommendations and other forms of online expression. For computer scientists, this fast-growing mountain of data is opening a tantalizing window onto the collective consciousness of Internet users.
An emerging field known as sentiment analysis is taking shape ...
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Social networking is obviously fast growing and it doesn't seem like it's going to stop like its said in the article. I think it is a good thing overall allowing people to express their opinions and network in a new way. There are the good and bad sides of it of course but I think its a great thing.