Researchers Use Tweets To Predict Unemployment [STUDY]

Your tweets reveal more than you think. Every time you tweet about your frustrations at a red light, the cold you just got over or a new pair of shoes you bought, you’re adding to the wealth of data on Twitter. And one group of researchers has tapped into this data to predict just how many people have lost their jobs.

Researchers at the University of Michigan have created the Social Media Job Loss Index, which tracks job losses based on tweets like “I just lost my job! Can you believe it!” and “Well, I am now officially jobless.