🌐 What is Internet Vibes?
Internet Vibes is a real-time mood tracker that analyzes the collective emotional state of the internet by scanning Reddit, news feeds, and social discussions worldwide.
🎨 Understanding the Display
- Main Mood: The center shows today's dominant internet mood with a color theme
- 3D Background: The morphing shape responds to your mouse movements
- Color Coding: Each mood has a unique color (e.g., ANXIOUS=purple, HOPEFUL=cyan)
📊 Widgets Explained
- Emotion Matrix: Shows detailed breakdown of emotions with radar chart and bar graphs
- Vibe Intensity History: Area chart tracking mood intensity over recent snapshots
- Global Pulse: Interactive world map showing active regions contributing to data
- Top Keywords: Most frequently mentioned words and topics right now
🎮 Controls
- 🔊 Listen: Toggle atmospheric audio that matches the current mood
- 📅 Archive: View historical emotion data with a heatmap visualization
- ❓ Guide: Opens this help panel (you're here!)
- Scroll: Scroll down to see detailed analytics widgets
💡 Tips
- Data refreshes automatically every 10 minutes
- Hover over widgets for detailed tooltips
- Click world map markers to see city names
- Archive heatmap colors represent different moods - opacity shows intensity
🎭 Understanding Moods
- ANXIOUS: The internet feels uncertain and worried about current events
- RESTLESS: High energy, impatient, seeking change or action
- CURIOUS: Engaged and exploring new ideas, asking questions
- NUMB: Emotionally flat, detached, or overwhelmed into apathy
- HOPEFUL: Optimistic outlook, positive expectations for the future
- EXCITED: High positive energy, enthusiasm about developments
- ACIDIC: Sharp criticism, biting humor, cynical tone
- CLEAN: Clear-minded, rational discussions, solution-focused
- WORRIED: Concerned but not panicked, cautious attention
- CALM: Peaceful, stable, balanced emotional state
🔍 Data Sources
We analyze content from 14 country-specific Reddit communities and 9 international news sources to capture a truly global perspective of internet emotions.