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The Internet is known as a great setting to exchange well-constructed arguments and thoughtful debate. YouTube, however, rarely houses either of these things, and that’s why two Firefox developers have created OpinionCloud, a simple addon that lets you quickly analyze the comments on a video without having to drag through page after page of mindless keyboard smashing.
Now, I’m not saying that every person that has ever commented on a video on YouTube is a neanderthal (though, it is awfully close). I’m saying that while YouTube features a function that lets users hear their own comments before they post them, there’s still plenty one word quips and streams of anger that make their way onto the video sharing site. So, with OpinionCloud you can quickly see what the active YouTube community is saying about a video, without having to sift through all the garbage! And, as an added bonus, if you see a word that catches your eye in the cloud, you can click it and see who used that word.
According to the official page, the addon indexed 9 million YouTube comments to help build its own dictionary of slang terms and phrases, and this number grows each time someone uses it. So, if you think this is for you, be sure to check it out here.
Image Credit: OpinionCloud via. Web Technology & Information Systems (with some light editing)
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nedwards
April 02, 2009 at 4:42pm
I use the Youtube Comment Snob firefox addon. It's super effective!
