Twitter is both nicer and smarter on the weekends. It's like going back in time. Hypothesis: the sort of people who start and join Twitter mobs use Twitter mainly to procrastinate at work.
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This would be an interesting question for people who study such things: are the dynamics of Twitter mobs different on weekends?
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Yes they are, same happens in HN. It has been already studied before!
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Do you have a link?
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I bet it's also morning vs afternoon & evening. I'm a busy guy but chill out in the morning and want to see what articles the thoughtful people have written before I start my day.
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Interesting, someone had mentioned this before as an anecdote. Could also be same people, it is dreadful how much psychological and social abuse people receive in some organizations and might just be passing it forward.
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Could be the influence of bot factory accounts driving outrage on business hours.
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What about on public holidays?
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Another hypothesis: Paid twitter trolls only work on weekdays.
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I thought of the words "sentiment analysis", and a cold shiver ran down my spine.
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for those of us who dont know, why the negative reaction?
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After 2200, some under the influence of alcohol!
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