Robb4242 Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Thought this was interesting. http://io9.com/59798...action_ref_map=NFL fans by U.S. county, according to Facebook like "XXXXing their pants." Or men who like "RAPING!" (We said Facebook's repository of human data had great potential, not that it was being put to compelling use.)That said, there are people out there using all our Likes and comments and preferences to look at more interesting trends. People like Sean Taylor (who actually works for fb). For instance: according to Taylor, Facebook has roughly 35 million account holders in the U.S. alone who have Liked the page of one of the National Football Leagues's 32 teams. That, he says, represents "one of the most comprehensive samples of sports fanship ever collected." All told, more than 1 in 10 Americans have declared allegiance to one NFL team or another. When he plumbed the depths of Facebook's data wells he came up with a county-by-county map of NFL fandom in the United States: The map lends itself well to analysis. In some cases, Taylor notes, "whole states and even entire regions of the country uniformly support a single team" (looking pretty orange there, Wyoming); in others, individual states are divided against themselves (see Florida). But things get really interesting come playoff season: Nationwide allegiances shift dramatically when you remove non-playoff teams. By early January, for example, Bronco Country had more than doubled in size. Texas, once a nearly solid greyish-purple monster, was suddenly a heterogeneous mixture of red, purple, orange and grey.Full sizeAs the post-season progresses, you can see blocks of patchwork in the quilt of American fandom swapped out en masse. Vikings fans don massive cheese hats. The states formerly comprising Bronco Country now root for anybody but Baltimore. "With only two teams left for the Super Bowl we see a country divided more or less by geography," writes Taylor, "with 49ers fans dominating the West and the Ravens being the most popular in counties in the mid-Atlantic and Southern states. Shown here are all the maps, in order, as the post season progresses. Here's an enlarged map of where things stand as of today:Now here's the question: what else could Facebook's human data be used for? I mean, football metrics are interesting (I don't even particularly like football, but I love datavisualization, and tend to spend WAY too much time perusing data like these), but shouldn't we be probing Facebook's databanks for something that can benefit humanity in more significant ways? Might it be used, like Twitter, to monitor disease outbreaks, or does it lack the microblogging platform's moment-to-moment temporal resolution? (How analogous is Facebook's status update to a person's twitter PIRATED VIDEO IS ILLEGAL, anyway?) How might Facebook's data be used to monitor flu outbreaks, like Google's Flu Trends, or advance human knowledge in general? How else can Facebook give back to its users, and society — or even science — at large?It seems like a question worth asking. If Facebook is to become the next Google, it could stand to take a page from The Big G's playbook and use all that data to do some good.Tons more NFL analysis over on Facebook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterC Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 VERY interesting! Saints country though...smh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fibonacci/Mashburn Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 That's cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Flare Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 VERY interesting! Saints country though...smh.Formerly known as Cowboys country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B_Lo_Touchdowns Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 All this map tells us is 2 things we already knew"WE ALL WE GOT WE ALL WE NEED" and there are alot of stupid Cowboys and Saints fans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Flare Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 I wonder how the Alabama part of the map looked before Julio got here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octoslash Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 The map could probably be directly tied to the TV networks airing of each team, no?Now if you want a really interesting map, here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonFalcon Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 I wonder how the Alabama part of the map looked before Julio got here?Pretty sure about the same. The entire Gulf Coast from the panhandle of Florida all the way into Texas is Taint territory. Sadly, I reside in that area....needless to say, I'm behind enemy lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewie Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Pretty sure about the same. The entire Gulf Coast from the panhandle of Florida all the way into Texas is Taint territory. Sadly, I reside in that area....needless to say, I'm behind enemy lines.Keep your head down!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peyton Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 After close examination. I've determined it is Taliaferro County that is loyal to the Saints.Meet me at the county line tonight, and bring your torches. We are burning that mother down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peyton Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 After that, we are headed to Baker county, also loyal to the Saints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Flare Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Pretty sure about the same. The entire Gulf Coast from the panhandle of Florida all the way into Texas is Taint territory. Sadly, I reside in that area....needless to say, I'm behind enemy lines.It'll be all the sweeter when the Birds win, so you can give them all an earful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewie Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 After that, we are headed to Baker county, also loyal to the Saints.I've got your back...let's do this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodge_birds_fan Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Dodge Co. holding strong for the dirty birds! That's the thing that stings the most about the playoff exit, people in my part of the state were finally believing in the Falcons. I was seeing hats and shirts and rise up flags everywhere.And I know you're all going to say "If they're true fans they'd always be loyal" and they are, but you can only get burned so many times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great American Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Woo-hoo!!! I still live in a red state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falconstwopercentsized Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Steeler nation is huge. Wed be ****** in a gang war Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KING SNIP Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Pretty sure about the same. The entire Gulf Coast from the panhandle of Florida all the way into Texas is Taint territory. Sadly, I reside in that area....needless to say, I'm behind enemy lines.I'm kinda surprised. I had assumed that Alabama would be mostly Falcons fans. I didn't think that the state could really pull for a Louisiana team considering LSU territory...plus we got Julio! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falconstwopercentsized Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 We wouldve won half the gulf coast with a superbowl win, and half soco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KING SNIP Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 (edited) Guess I think about it differently because I was raised in Georgia, born in Alabama. I always kinda liked both Bama and UGA so my mindset is like --- no support for Louisiana sports! LSU and Saints! haha Edited January 31, 2013 by Big J Mart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KING SNIP Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 (edited) Guess I think about it differently because I was raised in Georgia, born in Alabama. I always kinda liked both Bama and UGA so my mindset is like --- no support for Louisiana sports! LSU and Saints! hahaReally thought we had Alabama though! You think they will continue to pull against Julio???? Edited January 31, 2013 by Big J Mart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Martyr Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Where are the bills fans at? XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guvmintcheeze Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Holy crap! I can see my house from there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonFalcon Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 It'll be all the sweeter when the Birds win, so you can give them all an earful.It was about 50/50 last Monday after the NFCCG. Some were sympathetic about the loss, others were acting like the Taints were the ones to knock us out.I'm kinda surprised. I had assumed that Alabama would be mostly Falcons fans. I didn't think that the state could really pull for a Louisiana team considering LSU territory...plus we got Julio!I'm surprised it shows the ENTIRE state in that puke gold color. I figured anywhere north of Montgomery would be Titans or Falcons. As an Alabama fan, I can say that fans here are die hard. It doesn't matter if Saban and then entire 2009 championship team played for Atlanta, they wouldn't care. They only care about who is AT the University and AT the university only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuggle'2 Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Lol @ Phins fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssippifalcon Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Pretty sure about the same. The entire Gulf Coast from the panhandle of Florida all the way into Texas is Taint territory. Sadly, I reside in that area....needless to say, I'm behind enemy lines.dude talk about behind enemy lines, i live in gulfport mississippi lol, like an hour from the super dome, they all hate me lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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