http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_now_tracking_gross_national_happiness.php
Facebook announced this afternoon that it is tracking what it calls its version of Gross National Happiness, based on an analysis of the positive and negative words people use when updating their Facebook status. It's very interesting to see how people feel about various world events that Facebook has cross referenced - US users are more happy on Thanksgiving than on Christmas, for example. The new index is interesting, but it's also a frustrating example of just how much value Facebook is withholding by not allowing everyone access to the anonymous, aggregated activity and conversation of more than 300 million people.This to me is another example of the power sitting under FB headquarters ... and also an indication of how dangerous it is to be giving them all of our data. They aren't opening access to the content that we are putting in. This is a huge missed opportunity for us all.
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