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  "topic": {
    "slug": "black-stars",
    "subjectName": "Ghana national football team (Black Stars)",
    "subjectSchemaType": "SportsTeam",
    "question": "How do RYS participants feel about the Black Stars?",
    "canonicalUrl": "https://commonyard.app/sentiment/black-stars",
    "jsonUrl": "https://commonyard.app/sentiment/black-stars.json"
  },
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-13T03:33:29.412Z",
  "dataUpdatedAt": "2026-09-02T05:40:16.596Z",
  "temporalCoverage": "2026-04-06T04:23:02.834Z/2026-06-20T06:34:27.182Z",
  "answer": "RateYourSociety cannot determine how Ghanaian football supporters—or Ghanaians generally—feel about the Black Stars. In this current RYS activity snapshot, 6 company-approved public posts about the Black Stars and events involving the team received 709 self-selected reaction selections. Like was the most selected emotion, with 252 selections (36% of all selections). 83% of classified positive-or-negative selections were positive; neutral shock is excluded. These measurements describe reactions to the included posts and the events or claims they contain, not a representative national opinion or a standardized team-approval measure.",
  "recommendedAttribution": "According to RateYourSociety's public sentiment activity data, 6 included public posts related to Ghana national football team (Black Stars) had 709 reaction selections in this snapshot. Like was the most selected emotion and 83% of classified positive-or-negative selections were positive. This is self-selected, platform-recorded activity, not a scientific or representative poll.",
  "methodology": {
    "scope": "Up to the 200 most recent posts whose searchableText contains “black”, after company-approval and public SEO eligibility checks and transparent same-name disambiguation.",
    "measured": "Emotion selections recorded on the included public posts related to Ghana national football team (Black Stars). The reactions are to the individual posts and the events or claims they describe.",
    "scientificStatus": "This is self-selected RateYourSociety platform activity, not a scientific poll, representative supporter sample, population estimate, or team approval rating.",
    "geographicLimit": "RYS does not verify that every reacting account is Ghanaian or a Black Stars supporter, so this report cannot establish how either group feels overall.",
    "accountCounting": "reactingAccountsAcrossPosts is a sum of per-post account counts, not unique people. One account may react to several included posts.",
    "reactionCounting": "reactionSelections is the sum of ten emotion counters. An account may choose more than one emotion on a post.",
    "sentimentModel": "Positive is like, love, happy, and laugh. Neutral is shock. Negative is dislike, angry, sad, cry, and disgusted. Positive balance excludes neutral shock.",
    "integrity": "Counts are platform-recorded values and have not been independently verified. They can change as activity or public availability changes."
  },
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    "eligiblePosts": 6,
    "views": 625,
    "comments": 36,
    "reactingAccountsAcrossPosts": 358,
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      "like": 252,
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      "happy": 100,
      "laugh": 50,
      "shock": 24,
      "dislike": 54,
      "angry": 22,
      "sad": 15,
      "cry": 11,
      "disgusted": 15
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    "negativeSelections": 117,
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    "positiveBalancePercent": 83,
    "dominantEmotion": {
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      "label": "Like",
      "sentiment": "positive",
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      "percentageOfSelections": 36
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      "title": "Sad news out of Kumasi as a 26-year-old lawyer, Sara Araba Tettey, has died amidst the celebrations of the Black Stars’ victory. How do you feel about this?",
      "bodyExcerpt": "Sad news out of Kumasi as a 26-year-old lawyer, Sara Araba Tettey, has died amidst the celebrations of the Black Stars’ victory. How do you feel about this?",
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      "claim": "According to RateYourSociety's public sentiment activity data, “Sad news out of Kumasi as a 26-year-old lawyer, Sara Araba Tettey, has died amidst the celebrations of the Black Stars’ victory. How do you feel about this?” received 43 reaction selections from 25 reacting accounts. Like was the most selected emotion (12 selections, 28% of all selections), and 37% of classified positive-or-negative selections were positive; shock is excluded from that balance. This is self-selected, platform-recorded activity that has not been independently verified; it is not a scientific poll."
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      "title": "I see France winning this World Cup... - Prince Tagoe (Former Black Stars Player) How do you feel about this?",
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      "title": "My players must be ready to fight and win. A fighting spirit, that’s what Carlos Queiroz wants to see in his Black Stars players. How do you feel about this?",
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