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Still: NBC
Obviously this should be a cautionary tale to everyone who may have forgotten the rules about dangling things out of cars. But with that new "mood meter" functionality on NBC Bay Area's site where readers can say whether they're "thrilled" or "furious" or "laughing" about this story, it seems the site's readers are showing a distinct lack of sympathy for the poor tyke.
Currently 29% of them are "laughing" about this story and 14% are "furious," we suppose with the mother? Or still furious with Erica a year after the fact and think she should be punished? Anyhow, embedded polls... not always appropriate. Discuss.
UPDATE: As of today (9/9/09 at 2:04 p.m.), fully 42% are "laughing" at this story, with only 45% "thrilled," and 6% have the gall to say they're "bored"!
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I think that the mood meter is a fun tool, but it's so imprecise that it can be a bit like trying to type with mittens on.
What's missing, I think, is an end to the sentence. "I am FURIOUS" or "I am LAUGHING" is a good start, but that's little more than a caveman grunt. What are you furious about? Why are you laughing?
I wish the tool let people add a word or two at the end to explain some nuance. "I am FURIOUS at the jump-rope manufacturer." "I am LAUGHING at the people who said it couldn't be done."
Of course, users could always add that information in the comments. But only insensible people seem to comment on old-news sites, so I wouldn't hold my breath for anything insightful.
"caveman" is the preferred role for news consumers.
Mission option: I'm just typing in whatever Faux News asked me to type in.
Whenever the screen shot of the moods was taken, it's quite likely that only seven people had voted. One person was furious, two people were laughing, and four people were thrilled. Hell, maybe one person was laughing in Internet Explorer and in Firefox.
As of the time I'm posting this now, the percentages are 62, 19, 6, 6, 6 and 0, respectively. Now it looks like 17 people have voted, three of whom are laughing. Still small data. I wouldn't be particularly surprised or shocked if more people were laughing. Especially with those beaver teeth...
Oh, c'mon, a hand popping off is kind of funny.
That a tiny hand popping off is funny makes me laugh every time.
NBC Bay Area readers are only laughing because NBC Bay Area actually posted a story which does mention strippers or prostitutes.
Ooooh. It was fun voting on "news" stories over there, can we have some sort of mood-o-meter or reaction-poll here, Brock? Puleeese?
Anyone else think this little girl looks like a mini Jennifer Seibel-Newsom? Anyone?