By Raman Khinda
With online forums coming to an end, it is becoming a lot easier
to use Twitter and Facebook to generate a better discussion. With sports in
general, it is becoming a lot easier for athletes to use twitter and Facebook
to interact with their fans by tweeting and commenting in real time which is a
huge advantage. This not only helps generate longer conversations but it also
helps getting a discussion going during a live game that is being played.
The best part about these social media platforms I that it
keeps everyone in the community connected because it is real time rather than
having a comment being posted a few days after you have posted onto a
forum. The new generations of social
media users typically do not know what forums are and this really shows how old
and traditional they have become.
The disadvantage to forums is that they lack platforms in
which they could be used on. Nowadays almost everyone has or needs a cell phone
and everything can be found on it. It is generally difficult to post onto
online forums without getting onto a computer or laptop to comment. With
Twitter, Facebook and even Instagram, users that have their phones with them at
all times are able to keep in touch with the latest sports news and keep up
with their favorite athletes.
Social media has changed the way we look at the internet and
it has changed the way we watch and see sports. With live tweets on twitter
about recent scores and information on trades that have been going on in each
major sport gives users the ability to stay connected anywhere they are. With
Facebook, users can follow and like certain team pages and get instant feeds on
what is happening. Instagram can also post live scores as well as what athletes
are doing in their daily lives.
Laird, S. (2013, October 3). How sports fans engage
with social media . Retrieved March 31, 2014, from Mashable:
http://mashable.com/2013/10/03/sports-fans-social-media/
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