Madonna's Super Bowl show gets mixed reactions on Twitter

Sri Lanka Source (ANI) Monday 6th February, 2012

Madonna's performance at the halftime show on Sunday's Super Bowl XLVI generated all kinds of responses on Twitter - ranging from "amazing" to "hating".

According to an analysis by Kanjoya, a San Francisco company that uses a computer algorithm to detect emotion in social media posts, differing opinions dominated Twitter.

Among the most commonly used words in posts about Madonna were "amazing", "great", "good", "best", "bad" and "hating", the LA Times reported.

Many people quickly started being sarcastic, poking fun and adopting a mocking tone. They frequently used words like "old", "seriously" and "retire".

Madonna's fans took to the Web to defend her from abuse. Among their angry tweets, "shut up" was one of the most commonly used phrases.

However, Twitter users were unified by their fascination with Madonna's age. According to the social networking site, one of most used phrases right now is, "Madonna is 53". (ANI)

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