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There was a time not so long ago when traditional media provided the primary vehicle for voicing "public opinion," how the average person felt about the world at large. But, today, as more and more people move online and begin sharing opinions, the "man on the street" has largely been subsumed by "the man or woman on the Web." Which is a step in the right direction. The problem now? Finding and aggregating those opinions. Public Sentiment, a new site designed to help provide an unfiltered view of opinions on a specific topic, could be the very lens needed to accurately analyze those varied opinions. Its inaugural experiment, "Farewell W, Aloha Obama," demonstrates the potential of the service.