Bills, SocialCom research: “Anger and bewilderment among Italians explodes online”

SocialCom, with the help of the Blogmeter platform, analyzed the conversations on the web for Adnkronos between 1 and 15 February Despite the extraordinary interventions to reduce the impact of the expensive energy, the increases in bills are heavy: in the first quarter 2022 there is an increase of 131% in electricity and 94% in gas, as Arera noted in a hearing in the Senate (15 February 2022). The issue of rising bills also became central on the net in the first half of February. SocialCom, with the help of the Blogmeter platform, analyzed the conversations on the web between 1 and 15 February for Adnkronos, to try to understand the sentiment regarding what is happening (THE REPORT). In this period of time, there have been over 11 million interactions on the subject. To worry a lot are the increases in the bill. Thousands of posts on social media where users share screenshots of their bills, underlining how the amounts to be paid have in some cases even tripled compared to the same period last year. The complaints come from ordinary citizens, but also from entrepreneurs and VAT numbers.