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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nadeem Badshah

Hope not hate: most social media posts on Lionesses positive, study shows

The England team celebrate their win in the  UEFA women’s Euro 2022 final against Germany at Wembley on 31 July.
The England team celebrate their win in the UEFA women’s Euro 2022 final against Germany at Wembley on 31 July. Photograph: Claire Jeffrey/SPP/Rex/Shutterstock

The vast majority of social media posts directed at England women’s triumphant Euro 2022 football players across a three-month period were positive, research has found.

The study of 78,141 posts on Twitter, Reddit and the imageboard website 4chan identified more than 50,000 positive posts – roughly one “hate” post for every 125 “hope” ones.

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