Comments on: Why Twitter rocks for sports coverage

By: nategearhart

nategearhart — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:06:31 +0000

Followed.
@nategearhart
Twitter brings Royals fans together.

By: sportsdrenched

sportsdrenched — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:02:48 +0000

Oh good, the “You talk to people on the internet so you must not have any freinds or a life” Argument.

Or, I assume most people are like me. I would prefer to get together with my freinds and watch games. That would be awesome….except that rarely happens. I have family and community obligations, and my freinds have family and community obligations. My wife nor children care about a regular season baseball game. I have got an hour of free time while I watch baseball? What’s wrong with dialing up Twitter to see what the baseball (or sports) universe is talking about?

I was slow to get on the Twitter bandwagon but I’m glad I did. It’s because I have freinds, life, hobbies, and interests that I am on Twitter, not the because I lack them.

and shameless plug. I’m @outsideinKS19

By: APBA Guy

APBA Guy — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:30:56 +0000

I can see the value for professionals-it gets a message out and generates brand awareness, plus, they might intercept a thread they can use in their revenue generating endeavors. And for the average guy, following a certain number people can be fun and informative.

Too many people cross a line on it, when you see people at social situations with their phone out, scrolling down, ignoring or barely aware of the real people around them. Part of it is “look at me”, and part of it is “I have to do this or my inbox will be swamped”.

By: nategearhart

nategearhart — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:30:49 +0000

So all the Twitter haters are chiming in. It’s funny to me that they choose to laugh at Twitter-ers “lack of life and friends, and crashing the sportswriters’ party” in the comment section of a sportswriter’s blog.

By: ricofoy

ricofoy — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:09:56 +0000

Because you have no one else. It beats talking to yourself, right?

By: yankeesgameday

yankeesgameday — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:02:07 +0000

Half of the Twitter population falls into that category and the other half are bloggers, sports writers and advertisers looking for click throughs. And don’t forget, the vast majority of sports writers you might follow are really just trying to impress each other and you’re just eavesdropping on their conversations.

By: jeffhink

jeffhink — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:56:57 +0000

I’d rather go through the game with them than you.

By: Mr. Jason "El Bravo" Heyward

Mr. Jason "El Bravo" Heyward — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:37:32 +0000

I never avoid twatting. Wait, what are you talking about? Oh, that’s how you got that rash.

By: ricofoy

ricofoy — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:35:34 +0000

Tweet this. I guess Twitter is fun if you’re all by your lonesome watching a game and all your “friends” consist of strangers chiming in with their own inane opinions and unwitty comments of what you’re already seeing with your own two eyes.

By: yankeesfanlen

yankeesfanlen — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:24:25 +0000

Twitter is fun. Kind of like a laugh track during games, but in a good way.

Actually, if you use it analytically most beat writers and bloggers are there all at once and you get some good interpretations of the plays. Then there are a few civilians that add levity.

My favorite is “FakeJohnSterling”.
“The Hebrew home in Riverdale is like a college campus……those old folks like their weed”

By: Chris Fiorentino's Rash

Chris Fiorentino's Rash — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:18:28 +0000

For those of you that just refuse to go with the herd or you might even have Ornithophobia, I recommend RSS feeds as an alternative.

I personally like rss, for the most part I can avoid the “twatting” and stick to written words that people think about before publishing. (for the most part)