An interesting study was released today suggesting that
Lubbock residents were more friendly on Twitter (ha-ha imagine that). For those
of you who have never been to Lubbock, well welcome to West Texas where people
are friendly. The study specifically focused on certain phrases used on Twitter
such as “good morning” and “F*ck you” finding that Lubbock was consistently
active in saying “good morning.” Houston, Buffalo NY, and Los Angeles were some
of the cities ranked highest for dropping the F bomb.
I don’t think there is much to write about this, more just something
that I found interesting. I think analysis of conversational lingo on Twitter
may correlate with overall attitudes of residents within cities; however, this
study definitely needs to be repeated several more times, on a larger scale,
and over a longer time frame. Just found this fascinating so thought I would
share!
Typical results of the “Good Morning” Twitter map from
Vertaline
