Barack Obama probably used the word “hope” more than any other, calling himself a “hope-monger,” not a fear-monger. Here’s some interesting evidence that his rise to power is making a lot of people hopeful: Moodgrapher is a site that plots the mood levels reported by LiveJournal users in their posts during the last few days, updated every 10 minutes. LiveJournal is one of the world’s largest blogger communities, with some 1.8 million active users, and the tool enables people to select from dozens of terms to describe their current mood. Moodgrapher tracks both the absolute counts and the rate of change. Take a look at how their level of hope has changed:
There’s also a big jump among LiveJournal users in saying they are ecstatic, and a decline in those saying they are depressed.
Interesting times we live in.