Call of Duty fans are found to be the most negative when it comes to behavior in social media like Twitter, one study finds.
An informal study by Wordtips on user data on Twitter reveals that Call of Duty players are the most negative online. In their study, “WordTips conducted a sentiment analysis study to identify the negative and positive words used by 186 of Twitter’s most passionate fanbases, from Animal Crossing to Zayn Malik.” The study included more than just video game fandoms, looking at movie franchise, music groups, and even cryptocurrencies. The study ranked the fanbases based on how many positive and negative words can be found on tweets about these games for every 1,000 words.
As for the video game aspect of their study, Wordtips found that the five most negative fanbases are:
- Call of Duty – 184 words
- Mortal Kombat – 165 words
- Sonic the Hedgehog – 164 words
- WWE 2K – 162 words
- Borderlands – 161 words
Meanwhile, the five most positive fanbases are, to say the least, an interesting list:
- Diablo – 284 words
- Pro Evolution Soccer – 275 words
- Pokemon – 263 words
- Monster Hunter – 261 words
- Borderlands – 259 words
It's amusing that Borderlands make both lists, which just goes to show that whether positive or negative, Borderlands fans are among the most passionate. Either way, the numbers above also show that video game fans are actually much more positive than they are negative, breaking a terrible stereotype about gamers being impolite basterds online. In fact, gamers use positive words about twice more often than negative words when speaking about their hobby on Twitter. Perhaps we only see the negativity a lot because that's what goes trending, but the fact remains that video gamers are actually a sweet, wholesome bunch. Even the Diablo fans, in fact, in spite of the subject matter that for many years, educators, parents, and religious leaders have warned us will corrupt kids into becoming rude no-gooders.
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