An analysis of 12+ years of messages sent between my wife and I since the day we met
Analysed every message my wife and I have exchanged on WhatsApp and iMessage over our 12 year relationship from the day we first met, through to present day, married with a couple of kids.
SOURCE: WhatsApp chat export, and iMessage data from connecting to the local DB on the Mac.
TOOL: Made my own custom tool (programmed in Swift, for iOS and MacOS) called Mimoto, as wanted to process all data locally on my device and built the specific chart visuals to support the data points I was most interested in.
Part of the work involved designing a custom weighted algorithm to offer a value based score (*chat points*) to each message so I could find a way of measuring overall balance. This score reflects not only message length or media type but also social and emotional cues - such as laughter, compliments, or apologies - and contextual behaviour like initiating conversations or responding quickly. #education source