HarassedOffTheSite Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Per SB Nation: "The tweets were sorted by market, and analyzed for positive, negative, or neutral sentiment. Looking at the ratio of positive, negative, and neutral tweets allowed us to compare Twitter sentiment for Michael Sam across NFL Markets. This list shows you all 31 NFL markets in order of how positive the Twitter reaction of fans seemed to be: 1 New York2 St Louis3 Chicago4 San Francisco5 Boston6 Kansas City7 Washington8 Philadelphia9 Tampa10 Seattle11 Denver12 Baltimore13 Atlanta14 Charlotte15 Cincinnati16 Buffalo17 Detroit18 Miami19 Indianapolis20 Houston21 Dallas22 Phoenix23 New Orleans24 Minneapolis25 Cleveland26 Jacksonville27 San Diego28 Pittsburgh29 Green Bay30 Oakland31 Nashville" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR91 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 anyone else besides me thought SF would be number one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewColtsFan Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Not sure how much one can read into the polling results of twitter. It's not the most stable audience. Still...   I'm not overly surprised by the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superman Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Not enough information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southwest1 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Not sure how much one can read into the polling results of twitter. It's not the most stable audience. Still...   I'm not overly surprised by the results.Exactly NCF. I don't even really understand the ranking system to this story among all 32 teams. Are fans responding to his sexual orientation alone or just whether Sam would be a good fit on their team & overall community?  Not a negative reflection on Brian Casserly, who I respect, I just can't extrapolate any meaningful conclusions from this study because I have no idea what is really being evaluated.  Also, what constitutes a negative response? An inflammatory curse word? An objection based on religious grounds? How do you judge a negative initial response that gets transformed into a positive one if you see him play on the field & like what you see live in drills?  Also, I want to know how many people participated in this study over a specific timeframe? Are they yes or no questions or can a person write a brief essay explaining the root of their reasoning? The media on TV does this a lot: 80% said this. 80% out of how many people surveyed? 10,000? 100,000? 1,000,000? Percentages mean nothing without scope & context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarassedOffTheSite Posted March 7, 2014 Author Share Posted March 7, 2014 Not sure how much one can read into the polling results of twitter. Not enough information.  Exactly NCF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewColtsFan Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 My comment wasn't a reflection of you, Brain. It was a comment on Twitter. And if you think Twitter is an accurate sampling of people in any community (not just Indianapolis) then I have a bridge to sell you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superman Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 How so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarassedOffTheSite Posted March 7, 2014 Author Share Posted March 7, 2014 My comment wasn't a reflection of you, Brain. ??? Why would anyone think it was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarassedOffTheSite Posted March 7, 2014 Author Share Posted March 7, 2014 How so? Why do we breath oxygen?Why is water wet?Why is up, up. And down, down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southwest1 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 I don't quite understand your point here Brian. It's not an indictment against you at all. I just don't know what the twitter piece is attempting to answer regarding Michael Sam. His acceptance in an NFL locker room across the league? For me, motivation for a person's position is essential or understanding why twitter followers accept or reject Sam as a potential teammate.  Again, I do respect you Brian & my questions are addressing what this poll/ranking was attempting to answer & how twitter fans reached their conclusions. That's it.  Unless you just wanted to show that at #19 INDY was not at the bottom of the NFL totem pole on their willingness to embrace Sam into the Colts locker room meaning that we would judge him fairly on his skill set vs discriminate against him outright, which is admirable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarassedOffTheSite Posted March 7, 2014 Author Share Posted March 7, 2014 It's not an indictment against you at all. LOL why would anyone think it was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southwest1 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 LOL why would anyone think it was?I don't know....a picture with 3 peoples heads buried in the sand like an ostrich typically carries with it the symbolic connotation that someone is misguided, aloof, or missing the bigger metaphoric point overall.  I will admit that I am often too analytical for my own good. Sometimes, a story is just trivial entertainment & nothing more. I realize that. I guess I was confused by the picture indicating that I missed a crucial point that's all & if so, what did Superman, NCF, & SW1 gloss over entirely?  As Dr. Paula Nelson always drilled into my head in graduate school, "don't miss the forest for the trees" & yes sometimes the obvious flies right over my head too. It's cool. I have my genius days & dunce days of comprehension as well. No harm done man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Alexander Morillo Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 anyone else besides me thought SF would be number one Right there with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Alexander Morillo Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 I'm interested to see how this fares for any player. Just based on the sheer hate some players get or praise etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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