Quote:
Originally Posted by Sil_liS
A google search of "site:mobileread.com isheep" gives about 447 results, while "site:mobileread.com Apple-haters" gives about 575 results.
MobileRead Forums Statistics:
Threads: 145,031, Posts: 1,836,215, Members: 144,786
Statistically speaking, hate from either side is not expressed that often.
|
That's pretty weak as far as research goes. You can't just run a search on one specific term with one specific spelling and claim that this shows the number of instances. What about, say, the term "Apple haters" without the hyphen? Would that give a different result? And "Apple h8rz"? What about misspellings like "Appel heatrs"?
More importantly, the term itself is not a good search term. The so-called Apple haters don't use the term to apply to themselves, and even the people who call others out as such don't necessarily do so. I, myself, called out someone for displaying similar behavior but used the term "anti-Apple sentiments".
Don't get me wrong - I am not insisting on you taking all of those into account and run some sort of in-depth analysis on the matter. That's a waste of time and I'm sure you have better things to do. My point, rather, is that your search doesn't really prove (or disprove) anything.
I haven't conducted any research myself (and most definitely never will bother) but subjectively, I would say that as far as 'anti-X Company' comments go, Apple and Amazon do seem to be the target of posters' ire more often than anyone else.