{
  "id": 247111,
  "title": "Targets 1 - 4?",
  "url": "/competitions/mlb-player-digital-engagement-forecasting/discussion/247111",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2021-06-18T07:18:15.626440600Z",
  "votes": 21,
  "comment_count": 7,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<blockquote>\n  <p>target1-target4 are each daily indexes of digital engagement on a 0-100 scale.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>I wonder could there be a bit more intuitive explanation of what these targets are? How target1 is different from other targets?</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "1355240",
      "postDate": "06/18/2021 07:18:15",
      "content": "<blockquote>\n  <p>target1-target4 are each daily indexes of digital engagement on a 0-100 scale.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>I wonder could there be a bit more intuitive explanation of what these targets are? How target1 is different from other targets?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "> target1-target4 are each daily indexes of digital engagement on a 0-100 scale.\n\nI wonder could there be a bit more intuitive explanation of what these targets are? How target1 is different from other targets?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1356354",
      "postDate": "06/19/2021 00:43:39",
      "content": "<p>Just a random guess (that makes sense in my head). What about Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok measured as normalised impressions.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Just a random guess (that makes sense in my head). What about Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok measured as normalised impressions.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1356359",
      "postDate": "06/19/2021 00:50:36",
      "content": "<p>I believe that it wont be disclosed, because this is the data which company actually makes a profit from.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I believe that it wont be disclosed, because this is the data which company actually makes a profit from.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1359672",
      "postDate": "06/21/2021 12:41:11",
      "content": "<p>I think it is all Twitter. It can be likes, retweets, replies and something else.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I think it is all Twitter. It can be likes, retweets, replies and something else.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1360549",
      "postDate": "06/22/2021 06:58:46",
      "content": "<p>In my opinion these targets are some metrics (like likes, comments…) from different sites (like Twitter, Facebook …) processed by some algorithm<br>\nmaybe different targets means different sites and different metrics?  who knows</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "In my opinion these targets are some metrics (like likes, comments...) from different sites (like Twitter, Facebook ...) processed by some algorithm\nmaybe different targets means different sites and different metrics?  who knows",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1362921",
      "postDate": "06/23/2021 18:15:47",
      "content": "<p>I don't think so. There is very little direct correlation between the targets other than seasonality. I believe that different platforms would probably correlate better, but I could be wrong.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I don't think so. There is very little direct correlation between the targets other than seasonality. I believe that different platforms would probably correlate better, but I could be wrong.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1362946",
      "postDate": "06/23/2021 18:48:53",
      "content": "<p>I am working on pulling Twitter metrics for some players to see if they can be matched up with the targets and see if they are the 4 public metrics - again makes sense to me as they only give us twitter followers for players and teams. No other social media metrics.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I am working on pulling Twitter metrics for some players to see if they can be matched up with the targets and see if they are the 4 public metrics - again makes sense to me as they only give us twitter followers for players and teams. No other social media metrics.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1363499",
      "postDate": "06/24/2021 06:58:57",
      "content": "<p><img src=\"https://www.smartinsights.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Worlds-most-used-social-platforms.png\" alt=\"\"></p>\n<p>If Google and MLB know anything about the digital world - the above graph would suggest to me that Twitter data is the last thing I would add as a target.  </p>\n<p>Since YouTube is a Google company - I would bet lots of Big Ben sandwiches (available only on premises in Pittsburgh) that it's one of the four.  The other three - how easy for MLB to get data from the top digital platforms?</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.smartinsights.com/social-media-marketing/social-media-strategy/new-global-social-media-research/\" target=\"_blank\">source</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "![](https://www.smartinsights.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Worlds-most-used-social-platforms.png)\n\nIf Google and MLB know anything about the digital world - the above graph would suggest to me that Twitter data is the last thing I would add as a target.  \n\nSince YouTube is a Google company - I would bet lots of Big Ben sandwiches (available only on premises in Pittsburgh) that it's one of the four.  The other three - how easy for MLB to get data from the top digital platforms?\n\n[source](https://www.smartinsights.com/social-media-marketing/social-media-strategy/new-global-social-media-research/)",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 1356354,
      "author_name": "urkoallende",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/19/2021 00:43:39",
      "content": "<p>Just a random guess (that makes sense in my head). What about Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok measured as normalised impressions.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1362921,
          "author_name": "jaredsavage",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "06/23/2021 18:15:47",
          "content": "<p>I don't think so. There is very little direct correlation between the targets other than seasonality. I believe that different platforms would probably correlate better, but I could be wrong.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 1356359,
      "author_name": "avtobusbratiev",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/19/2021 00:50:36",
      "content": "<p>I believe that it wont be disclosed, because this is the data which company actually makes a profit from.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 1359672,
      "author_name": "aerdem4",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/21/2021 12:41:11",
      "content": "<p>I think it is all Twitter. It can be likes, retweets, replies and something else.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 1360549,
      "author_name": "huchenjiang",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/22/2021 06:58:46",
      "content": "<p>In my opinion these targets are some metrics (like likes, comments…) from different sites (like Twitter, Facebook …) processed by some algorithm<br>\nmaybe different targets means different sites and different metrics?  who knows</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 1362946,
      "author_name": "mlconsult",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/23/2021 18:48:53",
      "content": "<p>I am working on pulling Twitter metrics for some players to see if they can be matched up with the targets and see if they are the 4 public metrics - again makes sense to me as they only give us twitter followers for players and teams. No other social media metrics.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 1363499,
      "author_name": "pcjimmmy",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/24/2021 06:58:57",
      "content": "<p><img src=\"https://www.smartinsights.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Worlds-most-used-social-platforms.png\" alt=\"\"></p>\n<p>If Google and MLB know anything about the digital world - the above graph would suggest to me that Twitter data is the last thing I would add as a target.  </p>\n<p>Since YouTube is a Google company - I would bet lots of Big Ben sandwiches (available only on premises in Pittsburgh) that it's one of the four.  The other three - how easy for MLB to get data from the top digital platforms?</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.smartinsights.com/social-media-marketing/social-media-strategy/new-global-social-media-research/\" target=\"_blank\">source</a></p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
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    "1355240": "> target1-target4 are each daily indexes of digital engagement on a 0-100 scale.\n\nI wonder could there be a bit more intuitive explanation of what these targets are? How target1 is different from other targets?",
    "1356354": "Just a random guess (that makes sense in my head). What about Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok measured as normalised impressions.",
    "1356359": "I believe that it wont be disclosed, because this is the data which company actually makes a profit from.",
    "1359672": "I think it is all Twitter. It can be likes, retweets, replies and something else.",
    "1360549": "In my opinion these targets are some metrics (like likes, comments...) from different sites (like Twitter, Facebook ...) processed by some algorithm\nmaybe different targets means different sites and different metrics?  who knows",
    "1362921": "I don't think so. There is very little direct correlation between the targets other than seasonality. I believe that different platforms would probably correlate better, but I could be wrong.",
    "1362946": "I am working on pulling Twitter metrics for some players to see if they can be matched up with the targets and see if they are the 4 public metrics - again makes sense to me as they only give us twitter followers for players and teams. No other social media metrics.",
    "1363499": "![](https://www.smartinsights.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Worlds-most-used-social-platforms.png)\n\nIf Google and MLB know anything about the digital world - the above graph would suggest to me that Twitter data is the last thing I would add as a target.  \n\nSince YouTube is a Google company - I would bet lots of Big Ben sandwiches (available only on premises in Pittsburgh) that it's one of the four.  The other three - how easy for MLB to get data from the top digital platforms?\n\n[source](https://www.smartinsights.com/social-media-marketing/social-media-strategy/new-global-social-media-research/)"
  },
  "source": "meta"
}