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The Biggest Stereotype Of Every State In America In 1 Map
  • Profile picture of the author seonutshell
    Someone should make one for the cities of UK

    Start with liverpool and just show an epmty slide. (Because they stole it)

    (Rude but funny, im friends with lots of liverpoolians )
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    • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
      Stereotype?

      Well in all honesty, in the winter, Michigan does qualify as cold. Today when I woke up it was 30 below with windchill. Actual temp was 9 degrees below...That's cold!

      But in the summer it isn't unusual for us to be in the mid 80s through the mid 90s with high humidity. That's hot!


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  • Profile picture of the author Dan Riffle
    I, personally, think the map is very accurate.
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    • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
      Originally Posted by Dan Riffle View Post

      I, personally, think the map is very accurate.

      Ha! I'd agree if you lived in Nebraska rather than Ohio! :p


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      • Profile picture of the author Dan Riffle
        Originally Posted by MissTerraK View Post

        Ha! I'd agree if you lived in Nebraska rather than Ohio! :p


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        Oh, that was just cold. Hey, maybe that's what the map means for Michigan...
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        • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
          Originally Posted by Dan Riffle View Post

          Oh, that was just cold. Hey, maybe that's what the map means for Michigan...
          You give me waaay too much credit, but I'll take it.


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  • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
    Another contrived post from Huff. To claim the most frequently associated word in a single queried phrase is the biggest stereotype without further research to back it up is intellectual laziness at best.

    I plugged "why is Wisconsin so liberal" into Google's keyword planner and it gets a whole 20 searches a month. "Why is Michigan so cold" got a whopping zero searches. It's a helluva leap to draw a conclusion about stereotypes from data that sparse.

    And blaming Blagojevich for the "Illinois is corrupt" stereotype is to ignore decades of history.
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    • Profile picture of the author Kurt
      Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill View Post

      Another contrived post from Huff. To claim the most frequently associated word in a single queried phrase is the biggest stereotype without further research to back it up is intellectual laziness at best.

      I plugged "why is Wisconsin so liberal" into Google's keyword planner and it gets a whole 20 searches a month. "Why is Michigan so cold" got a whopping zero searches. It's a helluva leap to draw a conclusion about stereotypes from data that sparse.

      And blaming Blagojevich for the "Illinois is corrupt" stereotype is to ignore decades of history.
      Ummm...They didn't use keyword populuarity. They used the Google suggestion results and if you go to google and type in:
      Why is Wisconsin so

      The first suggestion is "why is Wisconsin so liberal".

      Same for "why is illinois so "...corrupt is the first result on my PC.
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      • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
        Originally Posted by Kurt View Post

        Ummm...They didn't use keyword populuarity. They used the Google suggestion results and if you go to google and type in:
        Why is Wisconsin so

        The first suggestion is "why is Wisconsin so liberal".

        Same for "why is illinois so "...corrupt is the first result on my PC.
        I know, Kurt. To draw the parallel that these Google Suggest terms translate into the biggest stereotypes is simply drawing your own conclusions about what Google Suggest means.

        I used the search volume to simply illustrate the point that few even use these search terms. And ostensibly, Google Suggest is drawn from the most popular searches, so keyword popularity is relevant.

        Where's the supporting evidence that Google Suggest terms equal the most popular stereotypes for this search query? There is none, because it's a not a conclusion based on fact, but on fiction, probably so the writer would have a story angle.

        The biggest stereotype for Minnesota is that it's cold. And the fourth biggest is that it's warm?

        Why is Texas so... Huff Post has "big" but big isn't even in list now. Wow, the biggest stereotypes sure do change in a hurry!

        That's the trouble with stories like this. Too many people read them and suppose they are true. You, with your critical thinking skills, should see the big hole in this story's premise. I suspect you do, but have another reason for your post.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kurt
    The only thing I may agree with you is that the title of the post is a little extreme and the post shouldn't make definite conclusions from the data.

    But I don't take the infographic to mean anything other that it's one person's way of researching a topic and displaying the info.

    BTW, "why is texas so big" is first in my search.

    Using search volume from the Google planner is a strawman fallacy, as they didn't use this as a metric. It's their right to use what they want to use and they made it clear where the got their info so people could make their own conclusions. It may not be the most accurate data, but it doesn't have to be.

    Plus, your "reasoning" isn't even valid as you didn't post any of the other search volume for "wisconsin is so ____". Claiming that a search query is "low" is relative. What are the higher volume searches you claim for related searches?

    And this isn't a "story", it's a conversation piece. More specifically, it's an infographic that is probably pretty good at getting links and traffic to that page. You'd think marketers may look at the strategy and be able to appreciate it for what it is, if not try to come up with something similar of their own.

    Why don't you use your Planner data and create you own infographic based on the data? If you create it, I'll give you my new Infographic Report so you can promote it.

    Where's the supporting evidence that Google Suggest terms equal the most popular stereotypes for this search query? There is none, because it's a not a conclusion based on fact, but on fiction, probably so the writer would have a story angle.
    Where's the "supporting evidence" Google Planner is any more accurate? Anyone that thinks Google Planner stats are accurate has no business using it.

    And where is ANY evidence the writer had any predetermined preferences and didn't simply decide to use the suggestion tool to make an infographic most reasonable people would find interersting? That's right, there is NONE.

    That's the trouble with stories like this. Too many people read them and suppose they are true. You, with your critical thinking skills, should see the big hole in this story's premise. I suspect you do, but have another reason for your post.
    And don't accuse me of that BS. First, it is "true" that Google suggest includes the words used in the infographic. That's just a fact. It's opinion as to what they mean.

    It's your anti-huffpost/TL bias that's the real issue here. There is no "premise", other than the one you made up. It's simply a good marketing tool that's a "conversation piece" based on the Google suggestions put into graphic form. It's too bad your personal politics can't see it for what it truly is...

    If you have a problem with it, it should be with Google, not the Huffpost. But even that is a real stretch of logic that assumes that there's some human bias behind the Google suggestions and it's not entirely based on an algo.
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    • Profile picture of the author Midnight Oil
      Originally Posted by Kurt View Post

      There is no "premise", other than the one you made up. It's simply a good marketing tool that's a "conversation piece" based on the Google suggestions put into graphic form.
      So what's it marketing?
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      • Profile picture of the author TimPhelan
        Huffington Post. Traffic = money.
        Originally Posted by Midnight Oil View Post

        So what's it marketing?
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        • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
          Originally Posted by TimPhelan View Post

          Huffington Post. Traffic = tons of money.
          Fixed that for ya.
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          • Profile picture of the author TimPhelan
            Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill View Post

            Fixed that for ya.
            Yep. Arianna is a smart business woman and I guess you would have to say internet marketer also. They took an initial $1 million investment and turned it into $315 million in just 6 years! Using sensational headlines and provacative infographics is one way they did it. It's been a pretty innovative site in other ways also.
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            • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
              Originally Posted by TimPhelan View Post

              Yep. Arianna is a smart business woman and I guess you would have to say internet marketer also. They took an initial $1 million investment and turned it into $315 million in just 6 years! Using sensational headlines and provacative infographics is one way they did it. It's been a pretty innovative site in other ways also.
              Everything you said is true. I don't mind the sensational headlines if they aren't misleading. That's just good marketing. They're among the best at content curation.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
    The only thing I may agree with you is that the title of the post is a little extreme. But I don't take the infographic to mean anything other that it's one person's way of researching a topic and displaying the info.
    Seems more like one person's way of "researching" a topic and turning that "research" into a false conclusion, but I'm sure you would agree this wasn't based on reliable research.

    Using search volume from the Google planner is a strawman fallacy, as they didn't use this as a metric. It's their right to use what they want to use and they made it clear where the got their info so people could make their own conclusions. It may not be the most accurate data, but it doesn't have to be.
    Talk about the strawman... I never said they didn't have that right, but it's my right to use Google Planner to demonstrate that their story premise is weak or false. It doesn't matter that they didn't use it as a metric. Lots of things are disproven using metrics that weren't used to postulate a premise.

    Plus, your "reasoning" isn't even valid as you didn't post any of the other search volume for "wisconsin is so ____". Claiming that a search query is "low" is relative. What are the higher volume searches you claim for related searches?
    Whether other suggestions are high or low is not relevant to them drawing false conclusions from the term they used. Do you honestly think those are the biggest stereotypes of every state?

    And this isn't a "story", it's a conversation piece. More specifically, it's an infographic that is probably pretty good at getting links and traffic to that page. You'd think marketers may look at the strategy and be able to appreciate it for what it is, if not try to come up with something similar of their own.
    Thank you for supporting my conclusion. It's just a story angle. Link bait. And the conclusions they draw are not grounded in real research. Call it a "conversation piece" if you like, or a post, or a story, the name is just semantics. Whatever the name, "it" still makes the same point about stereotypes. But go ahead and be pedantic about it if you like.

    Where's the "supporting evidence" Google Planner is any more accurate? Anyone that thinks Google Planner stats are accurate has no business using it.
    Where did I say it was more or less accurate? It's an estimate, everyone knows that. But it is probably the same metric used by Google Suggest. At least with the Planner we can see some numbers, and not just a nebulous suggestion. Whether these two tools are accurate or inaccurate, it still demonstrates using Google Suggest to draw their conclusions is not reliable.

    And where is ANY evidence the writer had any predetermined preferences and didn't simply decide to use the suggestion tool to make an infographic most reasonable people would find interersting? That's right, there is NONE.
    Where did I say the writer had predetermined preferences? Oh, that's right, I didn't.

    And don't accuse me of that BS.
    Why so defensive? I didn't accuse you of doing anything wrong. I said I suspect you see the hole in the premise of the story and have another reason for your post. That's not an accusation, it's was a guess based on my assumption you were too smart NOT to see it; and the reason, if there was one, could be a good one. People have all sorts of reasons for their posts.

    However, if you don't see the hole in their premise then I stand corrected. And surprised.

    First, it is "true" that Google suggest includes the words used in the infographic. That's just a fact. It's opinion as to what they mean.
    Never said it wasn't true, you keep inferring I say things I haven't. I said it wasn't there when I looked, and what I said was that it changes in a hurry. That would suggest it's not a reliable metric to draw such sweeping conclusions from.

    But again, thank you for supporting my conclusion. After all, I did say, "To draw the parallel that these Google Suggest terms translate into the biggest stereotypes is simply drawing your own conclusions about what Google Suggest means."

    It's your anti-huffpost/TL bias that's the real issue here. There is no "premise", other than the one you made up. It's simply a good marketing tool that's a "conversation piece" based on the Google suggestions put into graphic form.
    Wow, such assumptions you make! First, there are hundreds of huff posts made here, sometimes I comment about them, more often I don't. Some of their content is quite good. This particular piece, however, is National Enquirer quality. Without checking, I'd guess I've made more neutral or good comments about the content than anti comments, but feel free to search my posts and correct me if I'm wrong. I don't mind.

    A TL bias? That's a much stronger accusation than the one you imagine I made. I've thanked him on posts before. Just because I don't agree with some of the things he says doesn't mean I'm biased against him as a person. It just means I don't agree with something he said. You're disagreeing with me, apparently, does that make you biased against me? I'm looking forward to that answer.

    By the way, good marketing, to me, includes factual accuracy. Do you disagree? Is "conversation piece" another way of saying it's OK to be factually inaccurate? I wonder how the good folks in Louisiana feel about being labeled as racists? That's a heckuva conversation starter, eh?

    There is no "premise", other than the one you made up.
    Really? "The Biggest Stereotype of Every State" doesn't seem like a premise to you? Interesting.

    It's too bad your personal politics can't see it for what it truly is...
    What are my politics, Kurt? Do you really know, or are you making yet another assumption?

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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Mayo
    This is what I love about the WF and a many of the friends I have here.
    SOME Members can debate an issue, logically iron out their differences, agree
    to disagree while remaining friends and continue to debate issues in the future.
    Live and Learn. Gotta Love it! :rolleyes:

    Have a Great Day!
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeAmbrosio
      Originally Posted by Michael Mayo View Post

      This is what I love about the WF and a many of the friends I have here.
      SOME Members can debate an issue, logically iron out their differences, agree
      to disagree while remaining friends and continue to debate issues in the future.
      Live and Learn. Gotta Love it! :rolleyes:

      Have a Great Day!
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      I simply wonder why this is even an "issue" worth debating in the first place. :p
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Mayo
    Originally Posted by MikeAmbrosio View Post

    I simply wonder why this is even an "issue" worth debating in the first place. :p
    Mike, It's cold outside. Anyway Laptops get warm and give people that Warm Fuzzy Feeling.

    It's all good.
    ~MM~
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeAmbrosio
      Originally Posted by Michael Mayo View Post

      Mike, It's cold outside. Anyway Laptops get warm and give people that Warm Fuzzy Feeling.

      It's all good.
      ~MM~
      That and boredom, perhaps. At home, when I'm bored I pick fights with my wife



      (Not really. She'd kick my a$$)
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      • Profile picture of the author Michael Mayo
        Originally Posted by MikeAmbrosio View Post

        That and boredom, perhaps. At home, when I'm bored I pick fights with my wife



        (Not really. She'd kick my a$$)
        Did I not say WARM and FUZZY???

        I've been in married for 30-34yrs Don't ask! Anyway, I need to get into the file
        cabinet now and make sure I don't miss 31...35

        Actually, It will be 34 years this Umm, Okay, still need to...Oh this June!
        Damn, I hope I'm right this time...

        Have a Great Day!
        Michael
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        • Profile picture of the author seonutshell
          Originally Posted by Michael Mayo View Post

          Did I not say WARM and FUZZY???

          I've been in married for 30-34yrs Don't ask! Anyway, I need to get into the file
          cabinet now and make sure I don't miss 31...35

          Actually, It will be 34 years this Umm, Okay, still need to...Oh this June!
          Damn, I hope I'm right this time...

          Have a Great Day!
          Michael
          Haha made me chuckle.
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  • Profile picture of the author taskemann
    Alaska is expensive because it's expensive to ship goods there, but it is freer than most states. Am I right?
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