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TweetDeck users are sharing the online love, according to Amplicate.com

NEW YORK, May 26 - It appears that the acquisition of TweetDeck was a good move for Twitter as the popular feed organizer has scored consistently well with its user support base for the past 12 months.

TweetDeck public approval rating is at 66 percent, according to Amplicate, an online opinion collating resource that accounts for more than 97 million public opinions of social media users.

The column-based Twitter client is ranked among the Highest Rated Twitter Client Applications on Amplicate, along with competing company HootSuite.

TweetDeck: Sentiment trend in the last 12 months

TweetDeck has remained consistently higher in positive opinions for the past 12 months, showing that the company has a loyal fan base. The biggest spike in negative opinions occurred in Februaryof this year when rumours began circulating about its acquisition.

What Amplicate’s users think of TweetDeck:

The Best:  - TweetDeck makes managing multiple accounts and conversations easier  - The software is easy to use and offers thorough trouble-shooting support  - The service offers added features that makes uploading and sharing more seamless  See all Positive Opinions

The Worst:  - TweetDeck is heavy to run, slows down Internet speed and hogs computer memory  - The service doesn’t offer as many customize features as other services  - The software isn’t compatible with some browsers and requires frequent restarting  See all Negative Opinions

The Highest Rated opinions:

“Good interface, good integration, easy drag and drop for image uploads, great & easy list creation. I just wish the fonts were bigger.” Read all

“It doesn't work, and i have to re-install it many times!”Read all

“Spectacular - great support - great software - usable - practical."Read all

What’s your take on this? Do you Love or Hate TweetDeck?

Social Media users are hooked on Modern Family, while Entourage comes in at last place 

Modern Family (DIS) has been ranked the most loved Comedy Series by overwhelming majority, while Entourage (TWX) has placed last in the Top 10.

Amplicate, an online opinion collating resource that accounts for more than 97 million public opinions of social media users, report that there has been over 7 thousand positive opinions about the series expressed on Twitter, Facebook and Amplicate within the last 3 months.

Opinions on the show include comments on the realistic nature of plot lines, praise for the script writers and love for the characters. As one opinion stated, “[Modern Family] brings new meaning to the saying ‘Modern Family’ - it's funny because it's true. So many truths about the modern family web.”

While some opinions are negative, like those stating,“...The documentary style humor lacks subtlety, and the characters fail to be anything but stereotypical,” the series still has a love rating of 98 percent.

Also among the Most Loved were Desperate Housewives (DIS), How I Met Your Mother (CBS) and Californication (VIA), all scoring a love percentage of above 94 percent, leaving Entourage in the bottom spot with a love rating of 89 percent.

Amplicate ranks the most discussed Television Comedy Series to show how they compare against each other  in terms of public approval. The service also publishes rankings and real opinions for over 200 thousand topics.

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What everyone is Loving and Hating on Social Media

Amplicate, a consumer advocacy service that accounts for more than 90 million public opinions of social media users, brings to you the break-down of what people were Loving and Hating this weekon social media.

Facebook

Inspired by Facebook, a couple in central Israel have named their baby daughter "Like".

76% of people Hate Facebook 20,055 new opinions this week

LeBron James

After this week’s Miami win over the Bulls, LeBron James is now seven wins away from his first NBA title.

71% of people Hate Lebron James 4,448 new opinions this week

Taylor Swift

The country star has made her first appearance on the latest Forbes list of the 100 most powerful celebrities.

88% of people Love Taylor Swift 2,665 new opinions this week

Google

Google announced that its social search will soon be available to users outside the U.S. in 19 languages.

79% of people Love Google 2,417 new opinions this week

Pandas

The world oldest Panda ‘Ming Ming’ died this week in China at age 34.

The online community is sharing the love for Dropbox, according to Amplicate.com

 NEW YORK, May 19 - Despite Dropbox recently coming under fire regarding the security of their customers data, the service is still scoring incredibly well with the online community

 With a public approval rating of an impressive 99 percent, Dropbox is ranked the Most Loved File Sharing Service on Amplicate, an online opinion collating resource that accounts for more than 95 million public opinions of social media users.

 Dropbox: Sentiment trend in the last 12 months

  Dropbox has remained consistently higher in positive opinions for the past 12 months. The most dramatic spike in negative opinions occurred in February of this year when a number of users reported a series of technical issues with the service.

Most common Dropbox Positive opinions:  - Dropbox allows it user’s more flexibility and freedom in their work environment  - The service fosters P2P sharing through simplicity and speed  - Dropbox is compatible with all platforms and syncs across multiple devices

Most common Dropbox Negative opinions:  - The company is deceptive regarding issues of customer data privacy  - Dropbox lacks the appropriate level of customization features  - Only 2GB worth of free file storage is not enough data storage

Amplicate’s Dropbox highest rated opinions:

“Dropbox is an invaluable tool... At home mainly I mainly use a laptop, but I also act as Admin on other computers; having Dropbox makes it easy to keep the important stuff accessible no matter which computer I am using.” Read all

“Dropbox has completely revolutionized the way that I backup files and use them across my devices.... That I can access my files just as easily on mobile devices like the iPhone is a plus.”Read all

“All my files don't seem to sync to internet drop box or iphone, so what's the point ?” Read all

What’s your take on this? Do you Love or Hate Dropbox?

  Lady Gaga has the most followers but Britney is the favorite, according to Amplicate.com NEW YORK, May 18 - Lady Gaga may have broken 10 million followers on Twitter but Britney Spears is still the Most Loved by the social media community, proving the number of followers does not equate to online approval.

Amplicate, an online opinion collating resource that accounts for more than 95 million public opinions of social media users, reports that Britney is the most loved of Twitter’s Highest Followed People, with over 27 thousand positive opinions expressed on Twitter, Facebook and Amplicate within the last 3 months.

Opinions on the two pop artists debate who is truly the Queen of Pop, the difference in music and who has the most loyal fan base. As one opinion stated, “While Gaga's been going out in meat dresses and ten-inch heels, Britney's been going to her son's baseball games and went shopping for groceries - just like any normal person does. The fact is, she doesn't so much care about living the pop star life as much as she wants to live an actual life...”

On the opposing side of the debate, one opinion stated, “She writes her own songs, co-produces most of her songs, sings her songs live, plays piano, and is a fashion icon. Her songs are not bubblegum pop... like Britney Spears.”

Despite these positive opinions, Lady Gaga ranks number 8 in the Top 10 of Twitter’s highest followed people, while Britney is number Also, among those who scored the highest love rating were Katy Perry and Kim Kardashian, while President Obama was at the bottom spot.

Amplicate ranks Twitter’s Most Followed People to show how the Top 10 compare against each other in terms of public love, reach and absolute number of opinions. The service also publishes rankings and real opinions for over 200 thousand topics.

About Amplicate:

Amplicate.com is an opinion-collection and advocacy service with a database of over 95 million opinions from people around the world. Real, unsolicited and uncensored opinions are constantly collected on more than two hundred thousand topics ranging from search engines to software, to music, movies, banking, shoes and cities around the world.

What everyone is Loving and Hating on Social Media

Amplicate, a consumer advocacy service that accounts for more than 90 million public opinions of social media users, brings to you the break-down of what people were Loving and Hating this weekon social media.

Prince Harry

Dubbed the most eligible Bachelor in the world, Prince Harry is hot news this week.

99% of people Love Prince Harry 3,432 new opinions this week

YouTube

YouTube 100 was released this week, a chart that tracks top music videos on the popular website.

70% of people Love YouTube 1,686 new opinions this week

Barack Obama

After a series of death-threats, security surrounding the president has been stepped up this week after the assassination of Osama Bin Laden.

52% of people Love Barack Obama 1,103 new opinions this week

California

California’s most popular politician Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his separation from his wife of 25 years.

86% of people Love California 1,156 new opinions this week

Beyonce Knowles

The singer this week released a sneak-peak of several songs from her forthcoming album “4”.

Groupon gets a good deal in terms of online love, according to Amplicate

NEW YORK, May 12 - While some commentators this week have called Groupon the “fastest growing company in history,” the brand is also scoring well with the online community.

With a public approval rating of 74 percent, Groupon is ranked among the Most Loved Deal Websites on Amplicate, an online opinion collating resource that accounts for more than 95 million public opinions of social media users.

The most dramatic spike in positive opinions occurred in February 2011, when the company embarked on its first offline advertising campaign at Super Bowl 2011.

Most common Groupon Positive opinions:  - Services like Groupon give exposure to companies that otherwise wouldn't receive it  - The deals promoted save users a lot of money and encourage them to be financial savvy  - Groupon is a great company to work for

Most common Groupon Negative opinions:  - The service undervalues the products and brands that it represents  - The offers Groupon promote are severely limited, often booked-up or unavailable  - It is difficult to unsubscribe from the newsletter and deal

Amplicate’s Groupon highest rated opinions:

“I Love Groupon! From my first purchase, I have been hooked. I have purchased several Groupons and have never had a problem redeeming them. The merchants have always been appreciative of my participation in the Deal. I have tried establishments that I probably wouldn't have because of the Groupon, and now those companies have gained repeat business.” [Read all]

"I will never participate in Groupon again. Warning to merchants - Groupon will bring you the stingiest of customers who will NEVER become full paying repeat customers. Even worse, it CHEAPENS your brand forever in the eyes of your most loyal existing customers!"[Read all]

“Groupon takes advantage of businesses. Basically a scam to put money in groupon pocket, artificially inflate their value, and take advantage of small business simply looking for ways to increase traffic.” [Read all]

What’s your take on this? Do you Love or Hate Groupon?

While LastFM and Grooveshark are tops, according to Amplicate.com

NEW YORK, May 11 - In the battle of the online music market, Spotify is lagging as social media users rank the company as their least loved Music Streaming Service.

Amplicate, an online opinion collating resource that accounts for more than 95 million public opinions of social media users, report that there has been over 450 negative Spotify opinions expressed on Twitter, Facebook and Amplicate within the last 3 months.

Opinions on the music database include complaints about advertising, criticism of the Spotify Premium service and comments on the limitations of the playlists. As one opinion stated, “Way to expensive to subscribe [...] as soon as you end your subscription after 3 years you still end up with nothing [...] this will just enforce downloading. If you wanna [sic] stop downloading put down the price.”

Not all the opinions regarding Spotify are negative however. One fan stated, “The selection of music is not perfect but it's good enough, even for the less commercial genres [...] I really like the new social features that have been added, particularly the ability to drop music into my friends' inboxes.”

These positive opinions account for an impressive 70 percent of the ratings, though not quite enough to compete with the likes of LastFM and Grooveshark, who both scored a love percentage of above 90 percent, leaving the Spotify in the bottom spot of the Top 10 for the past 3 months.

Amplicate ranks the most discussed Music Streaming Services to show how the Top 10 compare against each other in terms of public love, reach and absolute number of opinions. The service also publishes rankings and real opinions for over 200 thousand topics.

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The biggest oil company in the world is the most hated online

NEW YORK, May 6 - After a week of bad news for BP in which they received a $25 million fine for two Alaska pipeline spills in 2006, the oil company’s reputation is plummeting with the online community.

With a public approval rating of only 19 percent, BP is ranked the Most Hated of the Top 5 largest Oil companies on Amplicate, an online opinion collating resource that accounts for more than 90 millionpublic opinions of social media users.

The most dramatic spike in negative opinions occurred in May 2010, a result of the impact of theDeepwater Horizon oil spill. The greatest rise in positive opinions was in November 2010 when BP announced that they would invest $78 million to help Louisiana tourism and advertise seafood. The company also said it had sent $1.7 billion in checks to those affected by the disaster.

Most common BP Negative opinions:  - BP has made poor excuses for their actions through PR spin and false information  - BP has not redeemed itself and is continuing to be an environmental hazard  - People should boycott the company

Most common BP Positive opinions:  - Mistakes happen with operations of such scale  - The world needs oil, therefore the world needs BP  - The environmental impact is not as bad as thousands of people loosing their jobs

Amplicate’s BP highest rated opinions:

“British Petroleum only cares about their BOTTOM LINE! How profitable their company IS! I say we totally boycott anything to do with this lackadaisical company and all of their subsidiaries. A company that has repeatedly ignored safety and environmental concerns does not deserve America's business.”[Read all]

"...Maybe we should all boycott BP Products on a mass scale before they drag us all down to hell with them.” [Read all]

“The most damage being done to the Gulf is the ban on any more drilling, putting hundreds of thousands out of jobs” [Read all]

…”Managing a complex offshore drilling rig isn't like running a bake sale. Mistakes happen. Get over it.” [Read all]

What’s your take on this? Do you Love or Hate BP?

What everyone is talking about online:

Amplicate, a consumer advocacy service that accounts for more than 90 million public opinions of social media users, brings to you the break-down of what people were talking about this week on social media.

Australia

The world’s fashion designers were down-under this week at Rosemount Australia Fashion Week.

89% of people Love Australia 11,053 new opinions this week

Selena Gomez

In an interview, the teen star said that she wasn’t sure if it was “true love” between her and Justin Bieber.

84% of people Love Selena Gomez 7,130 new opinions this week

Nicki Minaj

The R&B star has premiered the new video for her latest single, Super Bass.

93% of people Love Nicki Minaj 4, 814 new opinions this week

Dropbox

This week the company reported that they have 25 million users and 200 million files saved daily.

100% of people Love Dropbox 3, 246 new opinions this week

Playstation 3

Sony told owners of older models of its PlayStation 3 to stop using the console until the online gaming network is fixed.

Tumblr takes number one while Blogger gets the bottom spot, according to Amplicate.com

NEW YORK, May 4 - Tumblr has been ranked the most loved blogging platformby overwhelming majority, while competitor Blogger (GOOG) has placed last in theTop 10.

Amplicate, an online opinion collating resource that accounts for more than 90 million public opinions of social media users, reports that there has been over28 thousand positive Tumblr opinions expressed on Twitter, Facebook and Amplicate within the last 3 months.

Opinions on the blogging platform include comments on ease of use, simplicity of design and praise for the creative community. As one opinion stated, “Tumblr is fantastic because it is so easy to use. It is all about simple and effective expression. It's beautiful. It's totally customizable and rich in features...”

While some of the comments were negative, like those stating, “There's no originality in this site...it's full of hipsters, Bieber fans, idiots and narcissists,” the platform has a love rating of 82 percent.

Also among the Most Loved were WordPress, Posterous and Penzu, all scoring a love percentage of above 73 percent, leaving Blogger in the bottom spot with a love rating of only 49 percent.

Amplicate ranks the Top 10 Blogging Platforms compare against each other in terms of public love, reach and absolute number of opinions. The service also publishes rankings and real opinions for over 200 thousand topics.

About Amplicate:

Amplicate.com is an opinion-collection and advocacy service with a database of over 90 million opinions from people around the world. Real, unsolicited and uncensored opinions are constantly collected on more than two hundred thousand topics ranging from search engines to software, to music, movies, banking, shoes and cities around the world.

You suggested it, so we did it. You can now reply to opinions made about your most loved and hated topics, allowing you to connect with people who feel the same way or have have had a similar experience.

For example, take these opinions on EasyJet: two totally different people who had exactly the same experience. By connecting on Amplicate, they are making a statement to EasyJet: “This happened to me too”- companies and corporations are more likely to answer to volumes of people, instead of just a single isolated voice. 

 The new reply feature also gives you the opportunity to discuss those topics which you feel passionately about and stay up-to-date with topics your interested in.

In order to make your opinions be noticed by more people, Amplicate is now releasing more articles to the media than ever before. By doing this, your opinions and real feedback are reaching more brands, corporations and other consumers.  If you haven't had a chance to look at our Newswire lately, check out our latest articles: 

Britney is the Most Loved Pop Artist in Social Media 

Walmart is the Least Loved Department Store

Subway is the Most Loved Fast Food Restaurant

We hope you had time to check out our latest media release 'Walmart is the least loved department store on Social Media.’ While you may have read about the retail giant's recent attention in the media regarding a Supreme Court Case, we found that it's not only their employees who aren't happy with them: Walmart is the most hated US department store with a "love" rating is only at 30 percent. We released an article on this morning that has already received some good media coverage:  

MSN BC 

Morning Star.com 

USA Today

Yahoo Finance

We have improved the way our ‘Top’ rankings for categories are calculated. We now represent more accurately the most and least loved topics within the category.   Whereas before, the topics with fewer positive opinions could still maintain a high ranking, we have now changed the formula to also take into account the volume of messages received.   In short, our method calculates the average love percentage across the whole category, against the volume of messages and percentage love for a specific topic. Check out some examples of our fancy new rankings here:

Young Celebrities in US

Disney Classic Movies

Apple Products

Throughout 2010 Amplicate collected over 50 million opinions on what you were loving and hating. These have been collated to create the Best Loved on Social Media 2010 Trends.

According to our annual review, Adam Lambert was the best loved topic in social media for 2010, even trumping ice cream in the Overall Top 10 Loved. Those who also made it into the overall Best Loved were Taylor Lautner, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga, while Jonas Brothers were the band of choice for 2010. In terms of TV, Family Guy, True Blood and Glee were what you were loving to watch, and Brazil took the place for your favourite country. 

On the other hand, prime place in the hall of shame was taken by spiders and hospitals, but companies such as Comcast and T-Mobile also got a mention in the much-anticipated ‘Most Hated’ of 2010. Big names such as Myspace, Windows and Walmart were also named, alongside of  common dislikes such as feet and commercials. 

We have received good media coverage. Some cherry picked examples:

USA Today

Examiner.com

Yahoo Finance

You may have noticed that Amplicate has recently made a few changes to its homepage - apart from showing you what people are 'loving' and 'hating’ in real time via our new live feed, we have also introduced our analytics service.  

We are releasing new data that allows you to discover trends and other interesting changes over time on thousands of topics. You can now compare between those topics against other services or products in same area. For example: 

Did you know that Robert Downey Jr is the most popular Highest-Paid Actors in the US?

Or that onions are actually the most hated vegetable during the past 3 months? 

And even that in terms of beach vacations, most people are dreaming about Maui right now?

We are also using our new Newswire service to release articles on selected topics, this helps to distribute our collective opinion on specific topics. Part of Amplicate’s commitment of making your opinion count. See more on newswire.