The drop over the last four days amounts to as much as:
3 times the positive bump of a typical Thanksgiving,
or
1.5 times the usual Christmas spike. — hedonometer (@hedonometer) May 30, 2020
Drops continuing over many days, which we have now seen for coronavirus and George Floyd’s death, are also unprecedented for Hedonometer. — hedonometer (@hedonometer) May 30, 2020
Link to the time series:https://t.co/f1cbKRXBko
Link to the word shift:https://t.co/3Jb5okZ7xT — hedonometer (@hedonometer) May 30, 2020
Two days ago was the saddest day ever recorded on Twitter, according to @hedonometer. And recent months have been the saddest prolonged period. Here’s how @peterdodds, @ChrisDanforth, and their team quantify Twitter’s sadness: https://t.co/2d57O2aWnc — Steven Strogatz (@stevenstrogatz) May 31, 2020
